Canada

Group: Pakistani Baloch dissident buried amid high security

QUETTA, Pakistan - A Pakistani dissident and woman rights activist who died in exile in Canada last month was brought home and laid to rest in her home village in the southwestern Baluchistan province...

Jan 25, 2021

Parliament set to resume with focus on COVID-19 vaccines, supports

OTTAWA - The federal government's handling of COVID-19 vaccination campaign is set to dominate the agenda when Parliament resumes today. Members of Parliament are expected to work together to again al...

Jan 25, 2021

Contaminant from coal mines already high in some Alberta rivers: unreported data

EDMONTON - Some Alberta rivers and streams have already been heavily contaminated by coal mining, unreported government data suggests.The province's plan for large-scale expansion of the industry is f...

Jan 25, 2021

The end of hugs: How COVID-19 has changed daily life a year after Canada's first case

MONTREAL - On January 25, 2020, Canadians were still living their lives like they always had: commuting to the office, visiting friends, dining out, hugging loved ones, vacationing. But the announceme...

Jan 25, 2021

'The system is on alert:' A look back at the first COVID-19 case in quotes

On Jan. 25, 2020, officials in Ontario announced that a novel coronavirus that had sounded alarm bells around the world had reached Canadian shores. The diagnosis of Canada's first case of COVID-19 ma...

Jan 25, 2021

Too soon to know if Canada's COVID-19 case decline will continue, Tam says

MONTREAL - Canada's chief public health officer says it's still too soon to know whether the recent downward trend in new COVID-19 cases will continue. Dr. Theresa Tam says there's been an improvement...

Jan 24, 2021

Dentists, teachers disappointed they won't be prioritized for vaccine in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Dentists and teachers are among the groups that are disappointed they won't be given priority to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in British Columbia. B.C. rolled out its vaccination plan on F...

Jan 24, 2021

Vaccine delays top agenda as parliament set to resume after less-than-restful break

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament will return to the House of Commons on Monday following a month-long break that was anything but restful for the main federal parties, who are coming back battered and b...

Jan 24, 2021

Health Canada approves Spartan Bioscience's previously recalled rapid COVID-19 test

TORONTO - The federal government has approved an Ottawa company's made-in-Canada rapid COVID-19 test, Health Canada confirmed Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned the virus's impact on the healt...

Jan 24, 2021

'It wasn't called COVID at the time:' One year since Canada's first COVID-19 case

TORONTO - The patient, when he came into the hospital ER with what seemed to be mild pneumonia, wasn't that sick and might otherwise have been sent home. Except the man had just returned from China, w...

Jan 24, 2021