Canada

Estate of Nova Scotia mass killer Gabriel Wortman valued at $2.1 million

HALIFAX - The estate belonging to Nova Scotia mass murderer Gabriel Wortman is valued at $2.1 million - about one-third of which is in cash seized by police, according to newly released court document...

Dec 21, 2020

Ontario premier demands increased COVID-19 testing at airports as new variant emerges

OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the federal government today for not moving faster on COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers as a new variant is prompting more border closur...

Dec 21, 2020

'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel

MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell." The 52-year-old Canad...

Dec 21, 2020

Moderna establishing Canadian division amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout

OTTAWA - U.S. biotech firm Moderna is establishing a Canadian office as it ramps up plans to rolls out its COVID-19 vaccine here as soon as Health Canada approves it.Patricia Gauthier, the new general...

Dec 21, 2020

Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll

OTTAWA - New polling suggests many Canadians who have contracted COVID-19 worried they would die from the illness.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian Studies found that 35 per cent - o...

Dec 21, 2020

Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide $60 million over three years to restore the environment of Canada's largest national park. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the money w...

Dec 21, 2020

Garneau directs CTA to develop new rules for flight cancellation refunds

Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is directing the Canadian Transportation Agency to strengthen rules that require airlines to refund passengers for cancelled flights. In a statement Monday, Gar...

Dec 21, 2020

Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP

OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says the federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately. Speaking to a virtual news conference ...

Dec 21, 2020

Canadian navy submarine docked extra year after leak found in main ballast tank

OTTAWA - One of the Royal Canadian Navy's beleaguered submarines is remaining in dock an extra year due to a leak in its main ballast tank, which is used to control whether it goes up or down in the w...

Dec 21, 2020

5 things we've learned about COVID-19 since the pandemic struck

VANCOUVER - When the first COVID-19 cases trickled into Canada, little was known about the novel coronavirus. Almost one year later, experts have made major strides in cracking the virus's code and un...

Dec 21, 2020