Canada

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

North Vancouver residents to hold drive-thru vigil after stabbings at library

VANCOUVER - Residents of North Vancouver are planning a candlelight vigil tonight to honour a young woman who was fatally stabbed at a local library along with six others who were injured there.The dr...

Apr 03, 2021

Health Canada recalls masks containing graphene as it assesses risks to people

Health Canada has issued a recall on disposable masks containing a material made of tiny particles it says could pose a danger if inhaled. The agency is advising people not to wear masks with graphene...

Apr 03, 2021

Wire theft in Mexico triggers at least 70 layoffs at Quebec factory, more possible

MONTREAL - Dozens of workers at a factory in La Pocatiere, Que. have lost their jobs after a theft at a plant in Mexico. French rail manufacturer Alstom says at least 70 of its employees will be laid ...

Apr 03, 2021

Officials seek to convince skeptical public of vaccine safety

OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer wouldn't hesitate to roll up his sleeve if the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were offered to him tomorrow, he said this week. Dr. Howard Njoo, along w...

Apr 03, 2021

Protests across Quebec after eight women killed in eight weeks

MONTREAL - Protesters marched through Montreal's Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a "pandemic" of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings. Eight wom...

Apr 02, 2021

Canadians in COVID-19 hot spots face more restrictions as cases keep rising

OTTAWA - Canada's two most long-standing COVID-19 hot spots marked their second Good Friday in the COVID-19 era by either ushering in or preparing to impose new public health measures to curb resurgen...

Apr 02, 2021

Canada joins G7 in condemning Ethiopia violence, calling for humanitarian aid

OTTAWA - Canada and other G7 nations are denouncing what they describe as human rights violations and calling for immediate access for humanitarian aid groups in Ethiopia's conflict-ridden Tigray regi...

Apr 02, 2021

'It's a part of who we are:' Inuit work to revitalize endangered dialect

A group of Inuit women gather around a table over cups of coffee and speak to each other in a language that is expected to vanish over the next two generations. The women live in Cambridge Bay in west...

Apr 02, 2021