Canada

Montreal businesses clean up after anti-curfew protest turns violent

MONTREAL - Business owners in Montreal were cleaning up and assessing the damage today following an anti-curfew protest that turned violent. Hundreds gathered in defiance of a return to an 8 p.m. curf...

Apr 12, 2021

For Canadian Muslims, second pandemic Ramadan is a time of hope and sadness

MONTREAL - Bilal Abdul Kader, president and founder of the As-Salam mosque in downtown Montreal, said his mosque has been serving meals during the holy month of Ramadan for 15 years. The Iftar evening...

Apr 12, 2021

Canada to get 1 million vaccine doses this week with only Pfizer delivery scheduled

OTTAWA - The recent flood of COVID-19 vaccine doses into Canada is expected to wane this week, with a little more than 1 million shots scheduled for delivery over the next seven days. Canada has field...

Apr 12, 2021

Hundreds defy Montreal's 8 p.m. curfew in violent, destructive protest

MONTREAL - Hundreds of protesters set fires and smashed windows through a swath of downtown Montreal on Sunday in defiance of a newly adjusted curfew intended to stem surging COVID-19 case numbers in ...

Apr 11, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Sunday, April 11, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 11, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 205,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 7,991,727...

Apr 11, 2021

Expert says gathering outside Alberta church attended by many conspiracy theorists

SPRUCE GROVE, Alta. - An expert investigating hate groups says a weekend gathering outside an Alberta church charged with violating COVID-19 regulations is exemplary of the increasing number of far-ri...

Apr 11, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, April 11, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:00 p.m. ET on Sunday April 11, 2021. There are 1,060,157 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,060,157 confirmed cases (73,447 active, 9...

Apr 11, 2021

Singh seeks to rally New Democrats as glitchy policy convention wraps up

OTTAWA - Federal New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh took aim at the Liberal government Sunday, firing an opening salvo ahead of a possible election later this year. Rounding off a three-day policy conv...

Apr 11, 2021

Three banned from fishing, holding licences in Canada after overfishing violations

NOOTKA, B.C. - Three people have been banned from fishing or holding a fishing licence anywhere in Canada after pleading guilty to overfishing on Vancouver Island in 2019.Nootka Sound RCMP investigate...

Apr 11, 2021

Canada nearing peak of second wave of COVID-19, Tam says as Ontario sets case record

Canada's chief public health officer says the country is nearing the peak of the second wave of COVID-19, as several provinces are struggling to contain new outbreaks. Dr. Theresa Tam's statement come...

Apr 11, 2021