Canada

Post-pandemic health systems could be challenged by COVID-19 spending spike: CIHI

OTTAWA - A spike in health-care spending during the COVID-19 pandemic could lead to some serious financial challenges for provinces as they work to rebuild their health systems in the aftermath, accor...

Nov 04, 2021

Vast majority of federal public servants comply with mandatory vaccination policy

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Mona Fortier says 95.3 per cent of federal public servants have indicated they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. She says another 2.7 per cent of the roughly 268...

Nov 03, 2021

Alberta's Kenney denies scapegoating chief medical officer for COVID-19 failures

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is rejecting accusations that he is blaming the province's chief medical officer of health for Alberta's failures in the handling of the fourth wave of COVID-19. "The b...

Nov 03, 2021

'Callous and inhumane': Lawsuit filed against Edmonton police for head injury

EDMONTON - A young Indigenous man is suing Edmonton police for an alleged assault that he says put him in hospital for more than a week. Lawyer Heather Steinke-Attia, who is representing Pacey Dumas a...

Nov 03, 2021

Montreal police officer Roger Fréchette acquitted of sexual assault charge

MONTREAL - A Montreal police officer who was charged with sexual assault following an independent investigation by the province's police watchdog was acquitted Wednesday by a Quebec court judge. Roger...

Nov 03, 2021

Researcher develops Canadian floodplain map to show impact of climate change flooding

Low-lying areas of major cities like Vancouver and Montreal could become inundated with floods in the next 80 years under various climate change scenarios, suggests a floodplains map developed by a We...

Nov 03, 2021

Officials track the origin of a 'murder hornet' possibly from the U.S., found in B.C.

VANCOUVER - The remains of a giant hornet have been found in British Columbia, but the province's bee expert doubts there is any cause for alarm. Paul van Westendorp says the Asian giant hornet, somet...

Nov 03, 2021

Yukon government employees must get first vaccine dose by Nov. 30

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's premier has announced a vaccine mandate for government employees including front-line workers in the health-care system and teachers, but the territory has not yet determined any ...

Nov 03, 2021

Champagne in U.S. to talk unblocking supply chain, and push rare-earth minerals

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet minister Franois-Philippe Champagne starts two days of meetings in Washington today with the goal of unblocking North America's supply chain. Champagne is the federal innovati...

Nov 03, 2021

Canada's spy agency plans to offer 'significant' help assessing climate change threat

OTTAWA - A senior Canadian Security Intelligence Service official predicts the spy agency will make a "significant contribution" to understanding the threats posed by a warming planet as climate chang...

Nov 03, 2021