Canada

Special ballot counts continue as four federal ridings in B.C. remain undecided

OTTAWA - Uncertainty of the outcome of the Vancouver Granville riding drags on following Monday's federal vote. Liberal candidate Taleeb Noormohamed has been leading New Democrat Anjali Appadurai. Noo...

Sep 23, 2021

Quebec coroner extends hearings into care home where 47 died during COVID-19 1st wave

MONTREAL - The coroner investigating 47 deaths at a Montreal long-term care home that occurred during the pandemic's first wave says she is prolonging the hearings that were set to end today. Coroner ...

Sep 23, 2021

RCMP charge SNC-Lavalin, former execs with fraud over alleged bribery

MONTREAL - The RCMP say they have charged two former SNC-Lavalin executives for allegedly paying bribes to obtain a contract, and have also laid charges against the Quebec engineering giant and its in...

Sep 23, 2021

Prince George bylaw targeting homeless people 'scapegoats' the poor, says expert

PRINCE GEORGE - A northern British Columbia city is enacting new restrictions meant to erase the homeless from its core, intensifying the grief that COVID-19 and the overdose crisis have already infli...

Sep 23, 2021

Counting mail ballots, office vacancy in a post-COVID world: In The News for Sept. 23

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 23, 2021

N.W.T. top doctor says health system is stretched, adds new orders

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Starting Saturday, ...

Sep 22, 2021

Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest

MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...

Sep 22, 2021

Environment groups say all parties now firmly behind strong action on climate change

OTTAWA - Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change. Mon...

Sep 22, 2021

Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand

OTTAWA - Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer...

Sep 22, 2021

Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong

New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...

Sep 22, 2021