Canada

Permanent fishway to be built at Fraser River landslide: Fisheries and Oceans

VANCOUVER - Fisheries and Oceans Canada says it has awarded a contract that would see a permanent fishway built to help fish migrate past a massive landslide on a remote stretch of British Columbia's ...

Dec 09, 2020

Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has introduced legislation that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain informati...

Dec 09, 2020

U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The United States is formally accusing Canada of unfairly limiting the ability of American dairy producers to sell their products north of the border. Robert Lighthizer, President D...

Dec 09, 2020

Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms

MONTREAL - The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, a lawyer argued today.It was the turn of those defending the law kn...

Dec 09, 2020

Gunman behind mass shooting in Nova Scotia had targets in Halifax: search warrants

HALIFAX - Newly released documents suggest the gunman behind the April mass shooting in Nova Scotia had planned to "get" a pair of people in Halifax during his murderous rampage, but the Mounties were...

Dec 09, 2020

COVID-19 detected in Yellowknife wastewater, some people asked to get tested

The government of the Northwest Territories says it has found COVID-19 in wastewater in Yellowknife. The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kondola, says this means there is likely an unde...

Dec 09, 2020

Canada and Britain sign agreement for post-Brexit trade, legislation to follow

OTTAWA - Canada and Britain say they've signed a deal to keep trade flowing smoothly after the U.K. leaves the European Union at the end of the year. The two countries reached an agreement in principl...

Dec 09, 2020

Health Canada approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved the COVID-19 vaccine from Pfizer and BioNTech, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday Canada's up...

Dec 09, 2020

Canada approves Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, distribution expected within days

NANAIMO - Health Canada has approved the first independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine.The approval green-light's distribution of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine across the country, beginning with seniors...

Dec 09, 2020

'No lawyer is good for me:' Accused in Alberta doctor slaying to represent himself

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta has pleaded not guilty and insisting on representing himself at trial. Deng Mabiour, 54, is charged wi...

Dec 09, 2020