Canada

Calgary firm advances new trial, manufacturing of mRNA vaccine for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Calgary-based Providence Therapeutics says it has signed two contracts to have its developmental mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 manufactured in Canada. The company says it has signed a $90-million...

Sep 14, 2021

Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health

Alberta's top doctor says the province's "Open For Summer" plan set the trajectory for a crushing fourth wave of COVID-19. Chief medical officer of health, Dr. Deena Hinshaw, told a conference call wi...

Sep 14, 2021

'Blatant attack': Panel of UN experts assails 'regressive' Texas abortion law

WASHINGTON - A panel of United Nations human rights experts is formally denouncing what it calls a "regressive" new abortion law in Texas. And the UN panel says the U.S. Supreme Court is complicit in ...

Sep 14, 2021

Yellowknife schools ordered to close for 10 days as COVID-19 cases grow

YELLOWKNIFE - The chief public health officer in the Northwest Territories has closed all schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas after a spike in COVID-19 cases. Schools will be closed starting ...

Sep 14, 2021

Liberals, Tories in deadlock; Linda O'Leary verdict expected: In The News for Sept 14

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. 14... What we are watching in Canada ......

Sep 14, 2021

Verdict expected today in trial of Linda O'Leary, accused in fatal boat crash

A verdict is expected today in the trial of Linda O'Leary, charged in a boat crash that killed two people in central Ontario two years ago. O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, ha...

Sep 14, 2021

Fungus that's killed millions of bats found for the first time in Saskatchewan

A fungus that is destroying bat populations in eastern North America has made its first appearance on the Canadian Prairies. Researchers with the Wildlife Conservation Society report that they've foun...

Sep 14, 2021

Justin Trudeau, Erin O'Toole tied as election campaign hits final bend

OTTAWA - A new poll shows a complete deadlock between Justin Trudeau's Liberals and Erin O'Toole's Conservatives with less than one week left in the federal election. The poll conducted by Leger in co...

Sep 14, 2021

CP NewsAlert: B.C. introducing COVID-19 vaccine mandate for all health-care workers

VANCOUVER - All health-care workers and volunteers will soon have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in British Columbia as the provincial government expands its immunization program. Provincial health...

Sep 13, 2021

Former fashion mogul Peter Nygard to face extradition hearing sooner than expected

WINNIPEG - An extradition hearing for a former Canadian fashion mogul facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States is being pushed up a month. Peter Nygard was to appear in cou...

Sep 13, 2021