Canada

Hockey games, weddings, concerts in B.C. back to 100 per cent for fully vaccinated

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 capacity limits for indoor and outdoor organized events will be lifted on Oct. 25, the day after the deadline for residents to be fully vaccinate...

Oct 19, 2021

Lawyers say they should be excluded from money laundering policies in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Two groups representing lawyers say their profession should be excluded from any government regulations aimed at fighting money laundering in British Columbia in order to protect the confi...

Oct 19, 2021

Paramedic on stand at murder trial of stepmother in killing of 7-year-old Quebec girl

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A paramedic who went to the home of a seven-year-old Granby, Que., girl who died in April 2019 told a trial Tuesday the girl was not breathing and didn't have a pulse when she ar...

Oct 19, 2021

Newfoundland and Labrador government orders review of Royal Newfoundland Constabulary

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government announced today an independent review of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary as a growing number of sexual assault allegations have surfaced...

Oct 19, 2021

Tk’emlúps leaders' open letter set steps for PM to prove commitment to reconciliation

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Senior members of a British Columbia First Nation have issued an open letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that offers seven immediate steps he could take to show he is serious abo...

Oct 19, 2021

Ex-Parti Québécois health minister Jean Rochon, 83, dies

MONTREAL - Jean Rochon, a former Parti Qubcois health minister known for introducing anti-smoking measures and reforms that allowed Quebecers to receive care outside of hospitals, has died. Rochon's w...

Oct 19, 2021

Postelection review to probe where Conservatives bled votes to People's Party, NDP

OTTAWA - The former MP leading the review into the Conservatives' election performance says it will examine how Tories lost votes to Maxime Bernier's People's Party of Canada. James Cumming, an Albert...

Oct 19, 2021

Nunavut groups to ship down water bottles from Iqaluit for recycling

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A group of companies in Nunavut have teamed up to recycle thousands of plastic water bottles from Iqaluit. The city's tap water hasn't been drinkable for a week after it was found t...

Oct 19, 2021

Green Party lays off core staff members amid financial drought, internal strife

OTTAWA - Layoffs are once again hitting the Green Party as party brass look to shave costs at an organization facing persistent financial and political woes. Three senior party officials, who were gra...

Oct 19, 2021

Refugee family settling in Peterborough, Ont., after long journey from Afghanistan

PETERBOROUGH - Parwaiz Hamidy's two young sons are all smiles as they rush down a slide at a park in Peterborough, Ont. The boys and their parents are half a world away from the chaos of Kabul, having...

Oct 19, 2021