Canada

Five B.C. First Nations say salmon decision shows systemic racism at DFO

OTTAWA - Five British Columbia First Nations are challenging a federal decision on salmon fishing in their territories this year, and they are accusing federal fisheries officials of sy...

Aug 16, 2020

COVID-19 puts brakes on further exploration of Franklin wrecks

OTTAWA - For only the second time in 12 years, Marc-Andre Bernier and his underwater archaeology team at Parks Canada will not be heading north to explore the wrecks of the doomed Arctic expediti...

Aug 16, 2020

Bhangra dancer looks to bring message of hope to B.C. during COVID-19

VICTORIA - Gurdeep Pandher has danced bhangra with firefighters, in front of a lighthouse and has even done so while wearing a wetsuit and holding a surfboard during a visit to Vancouver Isl...

Aug 16, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 15

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:57 p.m. ET on Aug. 15, 2020: There are 121,764 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,004 confirmed (including 5,718 deaths, 53,...

Aug 15, 2020

'Why not us?': Asylum seekers on COVID-19 front lines demand permanent residency

MONTREAL - Doll Jean Frejus Nguessan Bi says he couldn't sleep at all last night. The asylum seeker from Ivory Coast works as a security guard in hospitals and long-term care homes in the Montreal are...

Aug 15, 2020

More people ill from Salmonella, ate onions from U.S.: Public Health Agency

The Public Health Agency of Canada says 100 more people have become ill from Salmonella contamination linked to a recall of U.S.-grown onions, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 339. The ...

Aug 15, 2020

'Don't let this happen to anyone else': families seek change to border rules

OTTAWA - A decision to keep the Canada-U.S. border closed for another month has families begging for more leniency from Canadian officials on who is allowed into the country. John McCall has been tryi...

Aug 15, 2020

Ventilator supply starts to increase as Tam warns of possible surge of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Less than two per cent of the 40,000 new ventilators Canada ordered for hospitals last spring have already been delivered. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is bett...

Aug 15, 2020

New Zealand's wizard says time spent in Canada in 1952 was 'a great lesson'

Long before he became The Wizard of New Zealand, Ian Brackenbury Channell spent a year training as a Royal Air Force navigator in Manitoba learning lessons that he says gave him the wisdom to become a...

Aug 15, 2020

PM confirms two Canadians among those killed by deadly Aug. 4 Beirut explosion

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has confirmed that two Canadians are among those killed in last week's deadly explosion in Beirut. In a written statement, Trudeau offers his "deepest condo...

Aug 14, 2020