Canada

Line 5 'very different' from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O'Regan

WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a "non-negotiable" element of talks with the United States. Seamus O'Regan is vowing to defend the underwat...

Mar 04, 2021

'A frightened workforce': Union worries as Olymel reopens after COVID-19 shutdown

CALGARY - Some employees of a central Alberta pork plant that shut down due to COVID-19 are afraid to go back to work, their union president says. Olymel's facility in Red Deer was shuttered Feb. 15 b...

Mar 04, 2021

Premiers reiterate demand for $28-billion increase in health transfers from Ottawa

OTTAWA - With a federal budget in the offing, premiers are stepping up the pressure on Ottawa to increase annual health care transfer payments to provinces and territories. The premiers are reiteratin...

Mar 04, 2021

'Leave the politics to the politicians,' lawyer urges judge in Meng case

VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer is urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to ignore the "geopolitical winds swirling around" Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case and focus instead on the legal conte...

Mar 04, 2021

Travelling residents in two more N.W.T. communities can isolate at home

YELLOWKNIFE - Residents of the Northwest Territories who are from Norman Wells and Fort Simpson can now self-isolate at home if they leave the territory. A previous public-health order required anyone...

Mar 04, 2021

Health Canada 'days away' from decision on Johnson & Johnson vaccine

OTTAWA - Health Canada is just "days away" from deciding whether to approve Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine. If that happens it will add a fourth option to Canada's efforts to immunize ou...

Mar 04, 2021

Number of active COVID-19 cases in Arviat, Nunavut, grows by 10

ARVIAT, Nunavut - COVID-19 infections in Arviat grew by 10 overnight to bring the Nunavut community's active case count to 14.The community of about 2,800 has been under a strict lockdown since Novemb...

Mar 04, 2021

Glen Assoun agrees to compensation deal for wrongful conviction and years in prison

HALIFAX - A compensation agreement has been reached between Glen Assoun and the Nova Scotia and federal governments for his wrongful conviction and the almost 17 years he spent in prison. Nova Scotia ...

Mar 04, 2021

Liberals tap $2.5B of promised transit dollars for zero-emission buses

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are setting aside some of the billions planned in short-term transit spending to help municipalities further green their bus fleets.The hope is that the $2.75 billion in ...

Mar 04, 2021

Nova Scotia eases COVID-19 restrictions; cases creep up in Ontario

Nova Scotia is easing public-health restrictions in and around Halifax, while new daily cases in Ontario are creeping up. Health officials in the Atlantic province say rules that came into effect last...

Mar 04, 2021