Canada

Officials in B.C., Washington state team up against invasive giant hornets

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Officials with the British Columbia and Washington state agriculture departments along with U.S. federal agencies are teaming up to trap, track and destroy invasive Asian giant hornet...

Mar 16, 2021

Five things to know about NACI's new advice on AstraZeneca's vaccine and seniors

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization adjusted Tuesday its advice for the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to say that it can now be given to seniors. On March 1, NACI said the...

Mar 16, 2021

Carve-outs to mandatory hotel quarantine announced for temporary foreign workers

OTTAWA - Temporary foreign workers will continue to be exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines if they are asymptomatic upon arrival in Canada and have private transport to their work sites. But those...

Mar 16, 2021

Judge rules 16 names in Nova Scotia mass shooting warrants to remain redacted

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia judge has ruled that the names of 16 people who gave statements to police following last April's mass shooting will remain redacted. In a written decision released today, Judge...

Mar 16, 2021

'She was one of a kind:' Friend of Alberta teen killed in school says she loved art

EDMONTON - A friend of a 17-year-old student who died after being attacked at her school says the girl had a heart of gold and is dearly missed by her friends. Dylan Thomas Pountney, 19, has been char...

Mar 16, 2021

Be COVID-19 smart on St. Patrick's Day, officials urge; some tighten restrictions

TORONTO - Officials across Canada are relying on common sense and added restrictions in some cases rather than on the traditional luck of the Irish to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 s...

Mar 16, 2021

Alberta energy minister defends war room petition attack on children's Bigfoot movie

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is defending her government's attack on a children's movie about Bigfoot, calling its anti-oil message inaccurate and "quite offensive." Sonya Savage also says it'...

Mar 16, 2021

Ottawa seeks post-pandemic ideas to prepare for next major disaster

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking beyond COVID-19 to prepare for the next large-scale calamity - be it another pandemic, a tsunami or cyberattack.In a notice posted today, Defence Research an...

Mar 16, 2021

Erin O'Toole says a Conservative government wouldn't cut foreign aid

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says a government he led wouldn't cut Canada's spending on foreign aid. O'Toole made the commitment in a session with the international development community ...

Mar 16, 2021

Indigenous women's group wants allegations Quebec nurses mocked patient investigated

MONTREAL - A national Indigenous women's organization is calling for a full investigation into allegations two Quebec nurses at a public clinic northeast of Montreal mocked an Indigenous patient. The ...

Mar 16, 2021