Canada

Kovrig, Spavor are 'inspiring' and 'robust' in Chinese prison, says Canada's envoy

OTTAWA - Canada's ambassador to China says Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are physically and mentally well and showing inspiring resilience as they near the end of their second year of imprisonment...

Dec 08, 2020

B.C. ministers pay tribute to Joseph Arvay, lawyer and civil rights champion

VICTORIA - British Columbia's attorney general paid tribute Tuesday to a lawyer he credited with reforming Canada's legal landscape and fighting for the rights of all Canadians throughout his lifetime...

Dec 08, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Alberta tightens COVID restrictions; closes restaurants, casinos, gyms

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, his province relentlessly pounded by thousands of new COVID-19 cases, has reintroduced strict economic lockdown rules and banned all outdoor social gatherings....

Dec 08, 2020

Saga over senator who posted anti-Indigenous letters continues in Senate

OTTAWA - Lynn Beyak, the senator who posted derogatory letters about Indigenous people on her website, once again faces the prospect of expulsion from the Senate. The Senate's ethics committee recomme...

Dec 08, 2020

New Brunswick woman remains stranded a week after storm washes out bridge to home

SUSSEX, N.B. - A New Brunswick woman finds herself still stranded a week after flooding washed out a bridge to her home. Mary Ann Coleman of Waterford, N.B., says she knew there was a problem when the...

Dec 08, 2020

Governments to invest in $875-million biofuel plant project southeast of Montreal

MONTREAL - A biofuel production facility using non-recyclable residual materials will be built southeast of Montreal, Quebec and federal officials announced today. The Varennes Carbon Recyling project...

Dec 08, 2020

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa expects to receive up to 249,000 doses...

Dec 08, 2020

First Pfizer vaccine shots to be given right at delivery sites, not LTC homes: Tam

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the first doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine are likely to be given only to people who can physically be at one of the 14 delivery sites. Dr. Theresa...

Dec 08, 2020

Trump, 0 for 2 on tapping Canada's health resources, may try again with COVID vaccine

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Canada is waiting to see whether President Donald Trump tries to limit its access to COVID-19 vaccines in the name of "America First." Trump is expected to sign an executive order t...

Dec 08, 2020

MP drafts legislation to open floodgates on interprovincial booze sales

OTTAWA - A Conservative backbencher is aiming to open the floodgates on cross-country booze shipments, drafting legislation that offers a workaround to interprovincial trade barriers. MP Dan Albas tab...

Dec 08, 2020