Canada

Statistics Canada to say how labour force fared in April

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the labour market fared last month as governments imposed lockdowns and renewed restrictions aimed at slowing the rising spread of COVID-19. In Mar...

May 07, 2021

Trust in vaccines growing in Canada, but some get more love than others

OTTAWA - A new survey from Proof Strategies suggests it's not only Canada's national vaccine advisers who have a "preferred" vaccine.The survey of 1,500 people taken during the first three days of May...

May 07, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, May 6, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 350,701 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,918,7...

May 06, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, May 6, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 6, 2021. There are 1,265,320 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,265,320 confirmed cases (81,325 active,...

May 06, 2021

Canada will not participate in Durban IV conference amid anti-Semitism concerns

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the federal government will not be taking part in 20th-anniversary events for an international conference where Israel was singled out for condemnation. In...

May 06, 2021

PM's chief of staff offers to testify on Vance sexual misconduct allegations

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff has offered to testify at a House of Commons committee studying allegations of sexual misconduct against Canada's former top military commander....

May 06, 2021

Canada must sanction Vladimir Putin's oligarchs: Alexei Navalny's chief of staff

OTTAWA - The chief of staff to Alexei Navalny, the imprisoned critic of the Russian president, is calling on Ottawa to impose new sanctions on those who he described as "Vladimir Putin's oligarchs." L...

May 06, 2021

No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order

MONTREAL - Quebec's public prosecutions bureau says it hasn't issued tickets or filed criminal charges for violations of the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine...

May 06, 2021

Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies

EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...

May 06, 2021

Coroner role after strep-throat death of Indigenous child before Ontario's top court

TORONTO - The failure of a coroner to fully investigate the death of a four-year-old Indigenous boy was part of a systemic dereliction of duty that ought to face legal scrutiny, Ontario's top court he...

May 06, 2021