Canada

'We're all tired': Iqaluit residents unable to drink tap water for nearly 2 months

IQALUIT - In the summer, the Sylvia Grinnell River near Iqaluit is a popular spot to fish for Arctic char where ice-cold water cascades over rocky ledges. Now, with thick layers of ice and snow coveri...

Dec 03, 2021

Blood Services to recommend asking donors about sexual activity, not orientation

OTTAWA - Canadian Blood Services says it will soon recommend that male blood donors be asked if they have had multiple sexual partners and anal sex, not if they have had sex with a man. It says it pla...

Dec 03, 2021

South Korean envoy expects 'ambitious' peacekeeping pledges from Canada

OTTAWA - South Korea's ambassador to Canada says he expects the federal government to make some "ambitious" promises when his country hosts a major peacekeeping summit next week. Ambassador Keung Ryon...

Dec 03, 2021

Testing better than travel ban 'whack-a-mole,' infectious disease specialist says

OTTAWA - An Ontario infectious disease specialist says there is evidence testing all travellers before and after they arrive in Canada will identify most cases of COVID-19 coming into the country. Dr....

Dec 03, 2021

Two weeks after Trudeau, Team Canada delegation wraps up latest D.C. visit

WASHINGTON - Canada's international trade minister is wrapping up her latest official visit to the U.S. capital - her second since Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was at the White House last month. Mary...

Dec 03, 2021

Eighty-six per cent of Commons witnesses spoke English in hybrid Parliament: Bloc

OTTAWA - The committee in charge of administering the House of Commons is set to look into whether the hybrid Parliament is forcing French-speaking MPs and committee witnesses to speak English. The Bl...

Dec 03, 2021

Loblaw Financial wins Supreme Court case over tax treatment of Barbados subsidiary

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has sided with Loblaw Financial Holdings in a dispute over the tax treatment of a subsidiary the company ran in Barbados. In a 7-0 ruling today, the top court says...

Dec 03, 2021

20-year-old dead, teen injured after shooting in east-end Montreal

Montreal police say a 20-year-old man has died following a shooting in the city's east end Thursday evening. Officers were alerted by a 911 call for gunshots in the city's Anjou district at about 7:15...

Dec 03, 2021

Statistics Canada scheduled to unveil jobs numbers for November

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to say this morning how the country's labour market fared last month. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month to a pandemic-era low of 6.7 per c...

Dec 03, 2021

New guidance on COVID booster jabs and new job numbers: In The News for Dec. 3

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 03, 2021