Canada

Taxi companies lose court bid to quash Uber, Lyft licences in British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Several taxi companies have lost a court bid to run Uber and Lyft off the road in British Columbia.Nine Metro Vancouver cab companies filed a petition asking the B.C. Supreme Court to quas...

Jan 23, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole defends decision to back, then oust, Sloan

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he was once willing to give his former leadership rival Derek Sloan the benefit of the doubt, but no longer. And he dismissed the idea that kicking Sloan...

Jan 23, 2021

Non-essential travel ban would violate Constitution but courts might allow it: expert

MONTREAL - Fear that Quebecers will catch a new variant of COVID-19 on vacation is what's driving demands by the Quebec premier for Ottawa to ban non-essential flights to the country. Premier Francois...

Jan 23, 2021

Senator urges study of vexing barriers to using secret information in court cases

OTTAWA - A Senate committee should examine the hurdles that make it difficult to use secret intelligence in Canada's courts, says the government representative in the upper chamber. Sen. Marc Gold say...

Jan 23, 2021

COVID-19 deaths in long-term care reveal need for home supports: advocates

VANCOUVER - The devastating toll of COVID-19 on long-term care residents in Canada has underscored the need for increased public funding for home care, advocates say. Most seniors want to stay at home...

Jan 23, 2021

Couple charged after travelling to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine

WHITEHORSE - A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Community Services Minister John Stre...

Jan 22, 2021

Federal public safety minister suspends sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair has suspended the sale of decommissioned RCMP vehicles, two days after a man in Nova Scotia was arrested for allegedly impersonating an officer while driving...

Jan 22, 2021

Provinces doing 'extraordinary' job to avoid wasting doses of COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Health Canada says vaccine clinics are doing an "extraordinary" job preventing many doses of precious COVID-19 vaccine from going to waste. Canada has received more than 1.1 million doses of ...

Jan 22, 2021

New advocacy group launches pre-election ad campaign against O'Toole, Conservatives

OTTAWA - A new third-party advocacy group is launching an ad campaign aimed at ensuring Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole never becomes prime minister.The Protecting Canada Project will start airing to...

Jan 22, 2021

Ontario and Quebec report decreasing numbers of people in hospital with COVID-19

Ontario and Quebec are reporting a decrease in the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 as Canada's largest two provinces remain under significant restrictions. There are 2,662 new cases in Ont...

Jan 22, 2021