Canada

Canada to ratify trade agreement with United Kingdom

OTTAWA - Canada's Minister of International Trade says the country will ratify its Trade Continuity Agreement with the United Kingdom. Mary Ng told the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Trad...

Mar 19, 2021

Montreal police investigate after two bodies found inside cab in city's east end

Montreal police are investigating after two bodies were found by a citizen inside a taxi today in the city's east end. Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant says a passerby made the discovery at about 5:25 a.m. ...

Mar 19, 2021

Understanding anti-Asian racism and 'Heavy Sun' drops: In The News for March 19

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 March 19 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 19, 2021

Conservatives to debate ethics, foreign affairs, environment on Day 2 of convention

OTTAWA - Card-carrying federal Conservatives are heading into Day 2 of a virtual convention aimed at getting the party ready for the next election. But while they heard from officials on Thursday that...

Mar 19, 2021

Advocates call on Canadians to examine treatment of Asian Canadians

Amy Go says she was saddened by the shootings in Atlanta that left six Asian American women dead, but as an Asian Canadian women, she wasn't surprised. Go, the president of the Chinese Canadian Nation...

Mar 19, 2021

No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous people: expert

OTTAWA - There is no evidence that Canada's history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than the general population, says an Indigenous studi...

Mar 19, 2021

B.C. judge dismisses churches' petition against COVID-19 rules: lawyer says

VANCOUVER - A legal advocacy group that challenged COVID-19 rules in British Columbia says its argument that the restrictions unjustifiably infringed on religious freedoms has been dismissed by a judg...

Mar 18, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, March 18, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 18, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 155,623 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,565...

Mar 18, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, March 18 , 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 18, 2021. There are 922,848 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 922,848 confirmed cases (29,280...

Mar 18, 2021

Tsilhqot'in call on B.C., Canada to recognize Indigenous jurisdiction amid COVID-19

WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. - A British Columbia First Nation that won a landmark case establishing rights and title to its territory is calling on the provincial and federal governments to recognize its inhe...

Mar 18, 2021