Canada

COVID-19 vaccine plans for children roll out across the country

Parents across the country are learning how soon their children can get a COVID-19 vaccine appointment now that the pediatric Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine has been approved by Health Canada. Ontario parent...

Nov 22, 2021

New Parliament opens looking a lot like the old one, facing same issues

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament return to the House of Commons today for the first time in five months. It's a new Parliament that looks almost identical to the old one, after an election Sept. 20 that...

Nov 22, 2021

B.C. mudslide victim identified as rugby player originally from Calgary

CALGARY - Last Monday, as flooding and mudslides ravaged British Columbia, Dean Hopkins got a distraught call from his close friend's wife, saying her husband was missing. That phone call kicked off s...

Nov 22, 2021

British Columbia officials to provide update on flooding situation

VICTORIA - British Columbia officials are set to provide an update on flooding in the province today, as a rain storm in the north is set to move south. Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth, along wi...

Nov 22, 2021

'Particularly dark': Kamloops, B.C. pastor urges parishioners to help those in need

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A pastor in Kamloops, B.C. urged his followers Sunday to fight against the darkness by doing good for those individuals in the province suffering as a result of widespread flooding. K...

Nov 21, 2021

Kenney more confident in his leadership following United Conservative Party meeting

CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he is more confident in his leadership after a three-day annual general meeting of the United Conservative Party than he has felt in a "very long time." The...

Nov 21, 2021

Canada set to receive first shipment of COVID-19 pediatric vaccines

As Canada prepares to receive its first shipment of the children's COVID-19 vaccine today, many jurisdictions say they're ready to start the next phase of the country's immunization drive but are awai...

Nov 21, 2021

Tory vaccination status in spotlight after MP tests positive on eve of new Parliament

OTTAWA - A new session of Parliament opens Monday with questions continuing to swirl over the vaccination status of Conservative MPs. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole has said he and all his 118 MPs w...

Nov 21, 2021

Top Ukrainian official says more support needed as Russia masses troops near border

HALIFAX - A senior Ukrainian government official is urging Canada to bolster its support for the eastern European country as it faces a renewed threat from Russian forces along its border. Oleksiy Dan...

Nov 21, 2021

'We lost everything': Many residents in Princeton, B.C. still digging out from flood

PRINCETON, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Mario Loutef had little sleep the four days leading up to Saturday, when he piled his ruined belongings in the street outside his home in Princeton, B.C. A vast swath of ...

Nov 21, 2021