Canada

First Nation calls for release of Site C report in open letter to premier

MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. - A First Nations leader is calling on the British Columbia government to release several reports on the Site C dam, claiming details of escalating costs and safety concerns have be...

Jan 25, 2021

Halifax volunteers latest group to erect tiny shelters for homeless living in tents

HALIFAX - A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the ...

Jan 25, 2021

New social media campaign targets COVID-19 misinformation with science

EDMONTON - A group of Canadian scientists and health experts is starting a campaign to debunk misinformation about COVID-19.The scientists involved are using the hashtag #ScienceUpFirst to provide inf...

Jan 25, 2021

Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to 'severe': newly released documents

OTTAWA - New documents show Canada's cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to "severe" fr...

Jan 25, 2021

Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for...

Jan 25, 2021

Canadian provinces push back vaccination plans as Pfizer deliveries grind to a halt

Some Canadian health-care workers are being told they'll have to wait longer to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as deliveries from a major manufacturer grind to a temporary halt. Canada...

Jan 25, 2021

Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, resigns from the Senate

OTTAWA - Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement. Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper in 2013, she ...

Jan 25, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Jan. 25, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 12 that ...

Jan 25, 2021

NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules

OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require t...

Jan 25, 2021

U.S. president to sign executive orders enacting stringent new Buy American regimen

WASHINGTON - Less than a week after the economic gut punch of Keystone XL, Canada is bracing for more bad news today from the White House. President Joe Biden is enacting a new Buy American regime to ...

Jan 25, 2021