Canada

Ontario to issue stay-at-home order, Alberta cracks down on COVID-19 rule-breakers

Ontario residents are facing new stay-at-home orders as officials in several provinces tighten restrictions and crack down on rule-breakers in a race against COVID-19 and its variants. Sources say Ont...

Apr 07, 2021

In Canada, U.S., vaccine 'passports' could be new point of cross-border contention

WASHINGTON - Requiring proof of vaccination against COVID-19 could be the next point of contention between Canada and the United States. A new online Lger poll suggests a deep divide among both Canadi...

Apr 07, 2021

Alberta church shut down, fenced off for ignoring COVID-19 health restrictions

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has closed down and fenced off a church that has been charged with refusing to follow COVID-19 health rules. Alberta Health Services, in a statement, says GraceLife c...

Apr 07, 2021

Singh rejects more extreme NDP policy resolutions, like scrapping military

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is standing by several controversial proposals from rank-and-file party members while rejecting more extreme ones - including a call to abolish the military - ahead o...

Apr 07, 2021

Climate change group pushes NDP, Green leaders to form election climate alliance

OTTAWA - An advocacy group alarmed by the pace of global warming is urging federal NDP and Green Party of Canada leaders to partner in the next general election in hopes of sending more climate-minded...

Apr 07, 2021

Parliamentary budget officer says basic income program could halve poverty rate

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says a basic income program similar to one previously studied in Ontario could cut poverty rates nationally by almost half in 2022. The reductions are not eve...

Apr 07, 2021

Vaccine panel confirms choice to delay doses up to 4 months in Canada

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization says it is standing by its emergency recommendation to extend the delivery of second doses of COVID-19 vaccines up to four months. NACI's exper...

Apr 07, 2021

COVID hits the young; U.S. weighs Beijing Olympics boycott: In The News for April 7

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 April 7 ...What we are watching in Canada ...P...

Apr 07, 2021

Ahead of budget, agency funds skills-training program to buffer against future shocks

OTTAWA - When COVID-19 forced the closure of department stores, Mary Junne Boyco and her co-workers lost their jobs, ending more than a decade of working in the service sector. The 35-year-old lost sl...

Apr 07, 2021

Manitoba budget expected to include cash for pandemic fight, tax cuts, more red ink

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is expected to cut some taxes and offer new money to fight COVID-19 in today's provincial budget.Finance Minister Scott Fielding says there will be supports for peop...

Apr 07, 2021