Canada

COVID-19 pandemic an opportunity to reform Quebec's devastated long-term care homes

MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic in Quebec was marked by images from long-term care homes: isolated seniors peering out from windows, bodies in zippered bags on stretchers exiting imposing brick build...

Jan 04, 2021

Helicopter crash victims identified as parents, two children in family of seven

DEBOLT, Alta. - Four people who died in a helicopter crash on New Year's Day were identified by loved ones Sunday as members of a strong and loving farm family from a tight-knit community in northern ...

Jan 03, 2021

Feds weigh cutting COVID-19 sickness benefit for Canadians who have travelled

OTTAWA - The federal government is weighing whether to bar people who have travelled overseas from a new benefit for those who have to quarantine due to COVID-19. The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit,...

Jan 03, 2021

Former residential school in Lower Post slated for demolition: premier

LOWER POST, B.C. - A building where locals pick up their mail, look for work and seek government help is a place of pain and fear for those who remember it as a residential school. Some of the 175 or ...

Jan 03, 2021

'Sky is the limit:' Pilot project using drones to send medical supplies, COVID tests

MORLEY, Alta. - The windswept foothills of Alberta's Rocky Mountains are the setting for a pilot project using drones to deliver medical supplies and personal protective equipment to remote communitie...

Jan 02, 2021

NDP strip Niki Ashton of critic roles after recent trip to Greece

A prominent member of the federal New Democrats has lost her cabinet critic positions after travelling to Greece in spite of widespread travel restrictions meant to curb the spread of COVID-19. The pa...

Jan 01, 2021

First Canadian babies of 2021 born as the clock struck midnight

MONTREAL - A baby born in a Montreal hospital may have been the first Canadian newborn of 2021. The Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital said Friday that a boy named Arthur was born precisely at midnight. Th...

Jan 01, 2021

A new year renews concerns for hospitals grappling with COVID-19, experts warn

OTTAWA - The fraught year of 2020 may be over, but experts warn the dawn of a new year doesn't mean an end to the troubles caused by the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Experts in multiple Canad...

Jan 01, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta Premier Kenney issues travel order for government officials

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has ordered all cabinet ministers and senior government officials not to travel outside Canada unless it's for government business. He says he made an error by ...

Jan 01, 2021

HMCS Halifax sets sail on 6-month deployment on New Year's Day

HALIFAX - A naval ship based in Nova Scotia left the country today bound for a six-month deployment in support of a long-standing NATO training mission. The HCMS Halifax is set to join NATO's Operatio...

Jan 01, 2021