Canada

Nearly 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections among health-care workers by late July

VANCOUVER - Health care workers in Canada made up about 20 per cent of COVID-19 infections as of late July, a figure that was higher than the global average. In a report released earlie...

Sep 19, 2020

Man charged in Toronto stabbing, police say; mosque calls for hate crime probe

TORONTO - An arrest has been made in the death of a man who was fatally stabbed outside a Toronto mosque, police said Friday as the religious group called for the murder to be investigated as a hate c...

Sep 18, 2020

Lake Babine Nation signs deal with Ottawa and British Columbia

VICTORIA - The British Columbia and federal governments have signed an agreement with the Lake Babine Nation that Chief Gordon Alec says will help lead to its prosperity. Alec says the agreement is an...

Sep 18, 2020

Federal pay-equity commissioner reappointed, but new national law still not in force

OTTAWA - Canada's first national pay-equity commissioner is having her term extended amid delays getting new pay-equity legislation into action. Karen Jensen was appointed a year ago to the Canadian H...

Sep 18, 2020

Trudeau calls byelections for late October, one day after Liberals name candidates

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has called two byelections less than a day after the Liberals named their candidates in each of the Toronto ridings. A short notice from the Prime Minister's Off...

Sep 18, 2020

Montreal should restrict police use of facial recognition technology: councillor

MONTREAL - An opposition councillor in Montreal says he plans to introduce a motion next week that would restrict the use of facial recognition and other surveillance technologies by city police. Marv...

Sep 18, 2020

Lobster protests: Nova Scotia RCMP arrest two at wharf in Weymouth

WEYMOUTH, N.S. - RCMP say two people were arrested Friday and accused of assault at a wharf in western Nova Scotia, where there were reports of ugly confrontations over a First Nation's...

Sep 18, 2020

Ontario nurses' college hit by ransomware attack; personal data at risk

TORONTO - The organization that regulates the nursing profession in Ontario was hit by a ransomware cyber-attack in which personal information might have been compromised, a spokeswoman said on Friday...

Sep 18, 2020

B.C. teachers appeal to labour board over COVID-19 classroom concerns

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Teachers Federation is asking the Labour Relations Board to address its concerns about health and safety measures during the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents filed with th...

Sep 18, 2020

Forecast models show hurricane Teddy could hit Maritimes next week

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre's top meterologist is suggesting the combination of Hurricane Teddy and a continuing pandemic should prompt Maritimers to plan well ahead fo...

Sep 18, 2020