Canada

B.C. baby of mother in coma from COVID-19 is 'strong and healthy,' aunt says

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - The aunt of a B.C. infant born while his mother was in a coma due to COVID-19 complications says the family is trying to stay hopeful but keep their expectations reasonable as she r...

Dec 10, 2020

Quebec mother who pleaded guilty in daughter's death testifies at coroner's inquest

QUEBEC - A mother who pleaded guilty earlier this year to killing her two-year-old daughter told a coroner's inquest that she was desperate and broke at the time of the murder. Audrey Gagnon testified...

Dec 10, 2020

Yukon releases strategy in response to MMIW national inquiry report

Yukon has released what it says is the first comprehensive response to a national inquiry's report into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls. The report contained 231 "calls to justice" whe...

Dec 10, 2020

Yukon to get first Moderna vaccine doses in January, with more in March

WHITEHORSE - Yukon says it will get Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine in January.Premier Sandy Silver says the territory will get enough of the vaccine for every adult who wants it.Health minister Pauline Fr...

Dec 10, 2020

Canadian police chiefs apologize for 1968 opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality

TORONTO - Canada's police chiefs are apologizing to LGBTQ communities for their opposition to decriminalizing homosexuality in the late 1960s. The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police made the for...

Dec 10, 2020

CBSA chief says sharing of Meng's passcodes was 'serious' breach

VANCOUVER - A Canada Border Services Agency manager says she didn't launch an investigation into how Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's cellphone passwords were shared with RCMP, but she informed the off...

Dec 10, 2020

Commons passes assisted-dying bill after Conservatives end filibuster

OTTAWA - A bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying was approved Thursday by the House of Commons after the Conservatives ended a days-long filibuster.Bill C-7 passed by a vote of 212-107,...

Dec 10, 2020

'Come out with your hands up.' Witness describes Nova Scotia killer's disturbing ruse

HALIFAX - Chilling details of a Nova Scotia couple's close encounter with a mass murderer have emerged from RCMP documents released this week, including a bizarre account of how the killer tried to co...

Dec 10, 2020

Provinces awash in second wave, sharpen focus of vaccine rollout plans

TORONTO - Canada's initial rollout of the COVID-19 vaccine came into clearer focus Thursday as Ontario announced it would go ahead with its first immunizations on Tuesday, while high case counts conti...

Dec 10, 2020

Brits fear 'damage' if Canadian politicians delay ratification of trade deal

OTTAWA - The British government is concerned and disappointed that Canada's Parliament won't be able to formally ratify their new trade agreement ahead of a Jan. 1 deadline. British trade officials sa...

Dec 10, 2020