Canada

Liberals hope for 'tame' convention, in contrast to rival parties' controversies

OTTAWA - Thousands of federal Liberals will gather online Thursday night for the start of a three-day national convention that promises to be downright dull compared to similar events held by the Cons...

Apr 08, 2021

Caucus dissent over COVID OK, breaking health rules means expulsion: Alberta premier

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney is drawing a line in the sand for 18 of his backbenchers who are openly criticizing public-health restrictions meant to face down COVID-19. Kenney says dissent ...

Apr 08, 2021

Ottawa mulls exempting more workers from Canada-U.S. border shutdown: Garneau

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Garneau says Ottawa is looking at expanding the categories of essential workers allowed to travel across the Canada-U.S. border. He told a parliamentary committe...

Apr 08, 2021

Variants of concern higher than reported, but giving precise data challenging: BCCDC

VANCOUVER - A medical director at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says the number of active COVID-19 cases that are variants of concern is higher than what has been publicly reported i...

Apr 08, 2021

Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador

VANCOUVER - Canada's ambassador to the United States says Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to negotiate a solution to the long-standing dispute over U.S. duties on softwood...

Apr 08, 2021

Top doctor in N.W.T. says first COVID-19 variant cases identified in territory

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories has detected its first COVID-19 variant cases.The territory says two recently announced infections have been identified as the B.1.1.7 variant first identified ...

Apr 08, 2021

Victims of gun violence slam feds over gun-control reform

TORONTO - The federal government's proposed gun-control laws are "toothless and cowardly," victims of gun violence in Ontario said Thursday. The Danforth Families for Safe Communities advocacy group a...

Apr 08, 2021

Advocates demand sweeping changes to military complaints process for sexual violence

OTTAWA - Advocates are calling for fundamental reforms to the process for complaining about sexual violence in Canada's military. Christine Wood, co-chair of the military sexual-trauma survivors group...

Apr 08, 2021

Canadian Museum of History CEO resigns after probe into alleged workplace harassment

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Museum of History has resigned following reported allegations of workplace harassment at the national institution. Museum CEO Mark O'Neill has been on a medical leave...

Apr 08, 2021

Gould says COVAX clearly working, as vaccine-sharing program reaches 100 countries

OTTAWA - The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of today but many of the world's poorest nations have still not been able to receiv...

Apr 08, 2021