Canada

Canada missed chance to help homegrown vaccines move quickly last spring: developers

OTTAWA - Two vaccine developers in Canada say a lack of federal funding early in the pandemic kept homegrown vaccines from moving as quickly as international versions. John Lewis, the CEO of Entos Pha...

Feb 22, 2021

'Trojan Horse:' Alberta to argue in court federal assessment law unconstitutional

Alberta is in court fighting against Ottawa's law on environmental assessment. Arguments in Alberta's Court of Appeal are expected to last all week. The Alberta government calls the Impact Assessment ...

Feb 22, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 22, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 805 new cases of COVID-19 today and 11 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including tw...

Feb 22, 2021

Conservatives urge Liberals to support Uighur genocide motion amid China's denials

OTTAWA - The Conservatives are calling on Liberal MPs to support the party's motion to have Parliament declare a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in its Xinjiang province. Conservative MPs Micha...

Feb 22, 2021

Report says mandatory ship speeds required to protect right whales in Cabot Strait

OTTAWA - Voluntary speed restrictions in place for vessels passing through the Cabot Strait don't go far enough to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales, according to a newly released report....

Feb 22, 2021

Critics ask why no details on government plan for parks management

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has yet to release details on how it will "optimize" the province's parks by getting other people to run them. It's been almost a year since the plan was revealed in ...

Feb 22, 2021

Canada to receive record 640K vaccine doses this week with Pfizer, Moderna deliveries

OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive a record number of COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to scheduled deliveries from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, as the country looks to speed up its vaccinati...

Feb 22, 2021

Mars rover landing a moment of joy for Canadian-born NASA systems engineer

MONTREAL - Farah Alibay describes the moments between the time the Perseverance rover entered Mars' atmosphere on Thursday and when it landed on the surface of the Red Planet as "the longest seven min...

Feb 21, 2021

Cost of Coast Guard ship nears $1B as questions mount over federal shipbuilding plan

OTTAWA - The federal government has quietly revealed that it plans to pay nearly $1 billion to build a new ocean research vessel for the Canadian Coast Guard whose original cost was supposed to be one...

Feb 21, 2021

COVID-19 activity declining, but variants at 'critical juncture,' Tam says

Canada's chief public health officer says the collective efforts to fight COVID-19 are paying off, even as the country sits at a 'critical juncture' in the fight against fast-spreading variants. Dr. T...

Feb 21, 2021