Category Archives: Canada

Turnout for Day 1 of advance voting during N.B. election unusually high
FREDERICTON - Voters have turned out in unusually high numbers for advance polls in New Brunswick, with the chief electoral officer saying she believes people are eager to avoid election day lineups d...
Sep 06, 2020

Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020

Lawyers hope to erase racist and misogynistic nickname of mountain landmark
Momentum is building to properly name a prominent landmark on a mountain in the Alberta Rockies because its commonly used nickname is racist and misogynistic. The feature, which has been known since t...
Sep 06, 2020

No easy way home for seafarers delivering goods to Canadian ports during pandemic
MONTREAL - Resig Calanog's walk around Montreal's port is only the second time in nine months he's been on solid ground. Even for a career ship worker, it's a lot of time at sea. As for when...
Sep 06, 2020

Indigenous genocide finding hangs over Canada's Myanmar court intervention
OTTAWA - Cries of the pot calling the kettle black are emerging after Canada joined an international genocide lawsuit against Myanmar, because the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous...
Sep 06, 2020

Flu vaccine orders up in Canada as simultaneous COVID and flu infections feared
VANCOUVER - Pamela Hardy will be getting her 11-year-old twins vaccinated against flu as soon as an immunization program begins but she's worried about how public health officials ...
Sep 06, 2020

Puppy fraud is on the rise, as scammers play on pet lovers' isolation amid pandemic
OTTAWA - The Better Business Bureau says puppy scams are a growing problem across the country as fraudsters look to take advantage of lonely pet lovers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bureau says Ca...
Sep 05, 2020

Puppy fraud is on the rise, as scammers play on pet lovers' isolation amid pandemic
OTTAWA - The Better Business Bureau says puppy scams are a growing problem across the country as fraudsters look to take advantage of lonely pet lovers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The bureau says Ca...
Sep 05, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 5
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:56 a.m. EDT on Sept. 5, 2020: There are 131,293 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 ...
Sep 05, 2020

Feds pushed to abandon trade talks with Brazil over Amazon deforestation
OTTAWA - The federal government is being urged to halt trade talks with Brazil after another summer of record-breaking fires in the Amazon rainforest. New data from Brazil's own space agency show...
Sep 05, 2020