Canada

Health care providers, advocates cry foul over stalled action on pharmacare

OTTAWA - Doctors and nurses on the front lines of Canada's health system are sounding the alarm after the Liberal government appears to have put its promise of a national pharmacare program on the bac...

May 11, 2021

Vaccine confidence in Canada holds steady despite AstraZeneca safety concerns: poll

OTTAWA - A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It also suggests ...

May 11, 2021

Liberal MP questions Justice Department's legal advice on fired scientists

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP is advising the Public Health Agency of Canada not to rely on legal advice from the federal Justice Department because it is not always right. Toronto MP Rob Oliphant, parliament...

May 10, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, May 10, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday May 10, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 340,118 new vaccinations administered for a total of 16,257,673...

May 10, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, May 10, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Monday, May 10, 2021. There are 1,294,186 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,294,186 confirmed cases (79,826 active, 1,...

May 10, 2021

Opposition, Ottawa, media looking for COVID disaster: Alberta justice minister

EDMONTON - Alberta's justice minister says a COVID-19 disaster is what the provincial Opposition, the federal government and the media "were looking for and want" in the province.Kaycee Madu, in Faceb...

May 10, 2021

NDP join Liberals to cut short debate, move pandemic election bill forward

OTTAWA - New Democrats have joined forces with the Liberals to cut short initial debate on a bill aimed at ensuring a federal election could be held safely, if need be, during the COVID-19 pandemic. T...

May 10, 2021

Iqaluit elders home evacuated after staff member tests positive for COVID-19

IQALUIT, Nunavut - An elders home in Iqaluit, Nunavut was evacuated on the weekend after a staff member tested positive for COVID-19, with some residents being sent out of the territory. Four of the h...

May 10, 2021

Canada's privacy watchdog investigating Pornhub over alleged non-consensual content

OTTAWA - A federal watchdog says he is investigating Pornhub over potential privacy breaches related to non-consensual content posted online. At a parliamentary committee today, privacy commissioner D...

May 10, 2021

Boost in near-term funds, risk should lure more social-finance investors, Hussen says

OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he expects changes to federal strategy to finance experimental ways to deliver social services should more easily, and quickly, bring in needed p...

May 10, 2021