Canada

'To make change in Nunavut': Homegrown lawyers ready to enter legal profession

IQALUIT - For the first time in more than 15 years, Nunavut has a group of homegrown lawyers. Last month, 23 students wrote their final exams for the Nunavut law program in the same classroom they spe...

May 30, 2021

Parents calling on Canada to evacuate children stuck in the Gaza Strip

OTTAWA - When Mahmoud Khalaf's wife and two children travelled from Canada to visit extended family in the Gaza Strip in April, they couldn't imagine they would end up stranded there during a deadly w...

May 30, 2021

High pollen levels to blame for worse allergy season, experts say

Experts say higher than normal pollen levels have led to a sneezier allergy season in parts of Canada this year. They point to an earlier blossom and warmer May, which led to an explosion of pollen in...

May 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, May 29, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday May 29, 2021. There are 1,376,734 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,376,734 confirmed cases (37,808 active, 1...

May 29, 2021

Health Canada extends expiry of thousands of AstraZeneca shots by an additional month

TORONTO - Health Canada says it is extending the expiry date for thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by a month. The federal department says it made the decision to help use up exis...

May 29, 2021

Quebec reports 410COVID-19 cases following the first night without curfew.

Quebec is reporting 410 new cases of COVID-19 today following the first night without the long-standing curfew meant to curb virus spread. The provincial government lifted the nighttime curfew that ha...

May 29, 2021

P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island

OTTAWA - A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals h...

May 29, 2021

Work underway for forensics experts to identify and repatriate B.C. school remains

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Plans are being made to identify and return home the remains of more than 200 children found buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia's Interior, says a p...

May 29, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, May 28, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 463,184 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,809,93...

May 28, 2021

137 arrests so far at B.C. protests against old growth logging: RCMP

LAKE COWICHAN, B.C. - The Mounties say four people were arrested Friday as they enforced a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on...

May 28, 2021