Canada

Nunavut judge grants injunction against hunters who protested at mine site

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut judge has granted a mining company an injunction against hunters who stopped its iron ore operation when they protested at the site last month. About a dozen Inuit hunters...

Mar 03, 2021

Kielburger brothers decline request to testify before 'partisan' Commons committee

OTTAWA - WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger are declining requests to testify before two House of Commons committees. In a statement, the charity notes that New Democrat MP Charlie Angus...

Mar 03, 2021

A look at the studies from Israel, U.K. that informed B.C.'s second-dose delay

VANCOUVER - Studies from Israel and the United Kingdom showed that a single dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine significantly reduced COVID-19 infections, helping to guide British Columbia's decision ...

Mar 03, 2021

Public Health Agency of Canada budgets $5B for COVID-19 vaccines, treatments

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada expects to spend up to $5 billion on vaccines and other COVID-19 treatments. Procurement Minister Anita Anand previously said vaccines alone would cost at l...

Mar 03, 2021

Minassian decision opens door for verdict of not criminally responsible due to autism

TORONTO - The judge who found Alek Minassian guilty of murder and attempted murder in the Toronto van attack has set Canadian precedent by considering autism a "mental disorder" under the Criminal Cod...

Mar 03, 2021

Trudeau signals support for Hassan Diab as Ottawa professor appeals case in France

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is signalling Canada will stand up for an Ottawa sociology professor facing trial in France, after calls from human-rights advocates to intervene. France recentl...

Mar 03, 2021

Psychologist tells inquiry Lionel Desmond made limited progress during treatment

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A psychologist who treated Lionel Desmond less than a year before he killed three family members and himself told an inquiry today that the former soldier made little progress ...

Mar 03, 2021

Jewish groups raise anti-Semitism concerns ahead of NDP MP's chat with Corbyn

OTTAWA - Two prominent Jewish advocacy groups are voicing anti-Semitism concerns ahead of a public conversation between NDP MP Niki Ashton and former U.K. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.The heads of the ...

Mar 03, 2021

Over 100 new projects to get $518 million in federal research funding

OTTAWA - Efforts to boost Canada's ability to produce vaccines are among over 100 research projects receiving new federal money. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced $518 million Wednesday he says ...

Mar 03, 2021

In U.S., public health caution clashes with vaccine optimism, eased restrictions

WASHINGTON - The United States is at a COVID-19 crossroads - and public health officials are worried about which path it will choose. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Co...

Mar 03, 2021