Canada

Authorities in Ontario, Quebec scramble to contain rapid COVID-19 spread

Ontario and Quebec are continuing to report high numbers of new COVID-19 cases, leaving officials in both provinces scrambling to contain the spread of the virus. Ontario today reported nearly 6,000 n...

Apr 05, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 5, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:45 a.m. Toronto Mayor John Tory says the city is working on a plan to vaccinate high-risk people at their places of work. Tor...

Apr 05, 2021

Survey shows seniors happier with COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Quebec than in Ontario

OTTAWA - A new survey suggests seniors in Quebec are much happier about their province's vaccine rollout than their neighbours are about how things are going in Ontario. The survey by Leger and the As...

Apr 05, 2021

'This is torture:' Proposed law in Montana looms over Canadian on death row

RED DEER, Alta. - The fate of a Canadian man who has been on death row in Montana for 38 years could become more tenuous as the state gets closer to removing obstacles that prevent it from resuming ex...

Apr 05, 2021

Navy submarine suffered long-term damage to ballast tank from errant test: Report

OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department report has pulled back the curtain on the damage caused by an errant test on one of Canada's four submarines last year, suggesting some of the damage is permane...

Apr 05, 2021

Keep your guard up, Tam urges Canadians as COVID-19 disrupts Easter for second year

Canada's chief public health officer is urging people to keep their guard up as COVID-19 disrupts Easter celebrations for a second year. Theresa Tam wrote on Twitter that Canadians need to be careful ...

Apr 04, 2021

Former bank governor Mark Carney among featured speakers at Liberal convention

OTTAWA - Mark Carney, long touted as a potential Liberal leader one day, will be a keynote speaker at the federal party's convention later this week. It's a political coming out party of sorts for the...

Apr 04, 2021

Guardians of Edehzhie: Protecting the land during the pandemic

There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned. That was when COV...

Apr 04, 2021

No plans to change warships despite PBO cost warning, top official says

OTTAWA - Canada's top military procurement official says there are no plans to change directions on the construction of a fleet of new Navy warships despite a recent warning about escalating costs fro...

Apr 04, 2021

Canada's COVID-19 case count surpasses one million

Canada has recorded more than a million cases of COVID-19 since the virus arrived in the country more than a year ago. The national tally inched past the bleak threshold on Saturday when British Colum...

Apr 03, 2021