Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, May 27, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. There are 1,371,073 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,371,073 confirmed cases (42,104 active...

May 27, 2021

B.C. aims for end of summer for second vaccine shot for all, says Dr. Bonnie Henry

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced Thursda...

May 27, 2021

Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor

EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...

May 27, 2021

Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

EDMONTON - There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulato...

May 27, 2021

Expert panel recommends Liberal government end COVID-19 quarantine hotel stay

OTTAWA - Canada's requirement for air travellers to quarantine for up to three days at a hotel is an expensive, inconsistent policy that contains loopholes and should be ditched, according to a new re...

May 27, 2021

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...

May 27, 2021

CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB

OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.For anyone w...

May 27, 2021

Quebec partially reopens major bridge in Montreal closed last week for safety reasons

MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...

May 27, 2021

World body says Canadian beef officially poses 'negligible risk' for mad cow disease

WASHINGTON - An international animal-health watchdog has officially declared Canadian beef as posing "negligible risk" for mad cow disease. The designation, which is the most preferred category, was a...

May 27, 2021

NDP team up with Liberals, promising to get its net-zero climate bill into the Senate

OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-c...

May 27, 2021