Canada

Alberta launches COVID vaccine lottery with million-dollar prizes to encourage uptake

EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine...

Jun 12, 2021

Officer dies tragically while on duty in Saskatchewan: RCMP

REGINA - RCMP in Saskatchewan say an officer died tragically while on duty early this morning. Police say in a news release that the death is related to an investigation in the communities of Wolseley...

Jun 12, 2021

Quebec, Ottawa name facilitator to help communities with residential school searches

MONTREAL - The Quebec and federal governments are appointing a point person to help the province's Indigenous communities get answers on former residential schools. Quebec Indigenous Affairs Minister ...

Jun 12, 2021

How Jagmeet Singh channelled outrage for speech on Islamophobia and London attack

OTTAWA - Jagmeet Singh was pacing. The New Democrat leader, who typically starts his day with music or meditation followed by a virtual meeting with his team, was poised to address the House of Common...

Jun 12, 2021

Canada's vaccine contracts allow for doses to be donated, in some cases resold

OTTAWA - Most of the federal contracts for COVID-19 vaccines allow for Canada to donate some of its doses to other countries or international aid organizations, and in at least three cases, say doses ...

Jun 12, 2021

Calls grow for Ottawa to review settlement decisions for residential school survivors

Lawyer Teri Lynn Bougie still cries when she talks about the final message on her answering machine years ago from a residential school survivor, back when she was battling with federal government law...

Jun 12, 2021

Canadian drug companies want new pricing regs delayed again until after pandemic

OTTAWA - Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time. The companies...

Jun 12, 2021

Two sides of the same coin: Ex-foster kids identify with residential school survivors

VANCOUVER - As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children, Grand...

Jun 12, 2021

Trudeau to discuss foreign policy with G7 leaders at second day of summit meeting

FALMOUTH, CORNWALL, ENGLAND - Foreign policy is on the agenda for a meeting between international leaders gathered in England to strategize on how best to tackle some of their most pressing challenges...

Jun 12, 2021

Funeral to be held today for London family killed in attack

LONDON, Ont. - Four members of a Muslim family killed in what police called a hate crime are set to be buried in London, Ont., today. The public has been invited to help celebrate the lives of Talat A...

Jun 12, 2021