Canada

Alberta border agents made record meth bust after pulling over produce truck

COUTTS, Alta. - The Canada Border Services Agency says officers in southern Alberta made the country's largest-ever methamphetamine seizure at a land border crossing last month. The agency says in a n...

Jan 27, 2021

EU health official blasts slow vaccine delivery, and is consulting with Canada

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is being urged to follow the tough talk of Europe's health minister, who Wednesday accused a vaccine company of not living up to its moral and legal obligations because...

Jan 27, 2021

Second meeting on anti-Indigenous racism in health to focus on solutions

OTTAWA - Canadians expect concrete measures from politicians to ensure everyone - Indigenous people included - has access to first-class medical treatment, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller sai...

Jan 27, 2021

Report into police shooting of Rodney Levi called 'infuriating' by First Nation chief

FREDERICTON - The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation that was home to a man killed by the RCMP last year says it was infuriating to learn Tuesday that no criminal charges would be laid in the case....

Jan 27, 2021

Ontario, Quebec maintain downward trend in daily COVID-19 cases

TORONTO - New COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada's two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease. Ontario rep...

Jan 27, 2021

Police officer's leg broken, assault charges sought after dispute over mask order

Vancouver police say an officer broke his leg in a confrontation after a man refused to wear a mask inside a courthouse.Const. Tania Visintin says the officer was injured when the man fell on him whil...

Jan 27, 2021

Canada scrambling for smaller syringes ahead of expected Pfizer vaccine label change

OTTAWA - Canada's procurement department is scrambling to source smaller syringes for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating that Health Canada will agree to change the label to say each vial ...

Jan 27, 2021

Quebec to exempt homeless from curfew after court finds measure endangered safety

MONTREAL - The Quebec government said Wednesday it will not challenge a temporary court order granted Tuesday that exempts the homeless from a provincewide curfew imposed to limit the spread of COVID-...

Jan 27, 2021

Crime down in first eight months of pandemic, but mental health calls rise: StatCan

OTTAWA - Newly released figures point to a major drop in police-recorded crime during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.Statistics Canada says 19 police services across Canada ...

Jan 27, 2021

Order to stand trial in Paris bombing flies in face of evidence, Diab's lawyer says

OTTAWA - A lawyer for Hassan Diab says a French appeal court's order that the Ottawa sociology professor stand trial for a decades-old synagogue bombing is the latest misstep in a long odyssey of inju...

Jan 27, 2021