Canada

Over three dozen senators demand 'open, transparent' inquiry into N.S. shooting

OTTAWA - Over three dozen Canadian senators are calling for an inquiry into the mass shootings that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia in April. The senators say in an open letter today that a transpa...

Jul 18, 2020

Bloc to back Liberals' bill extending wage subsidy, sending money to disabled

OTTAWA - The Bloc Quebecois says it'll support a bill to extend the federal emergency wage subsidy and make payments to people with disabilities to help with COVID-19 costs when the House of...

Jul 18, 2020

Health experts encourage creativity, social support as bars reopen across Canada

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - After photos of crowded night clubs caught the attention of public health officials, the noisy downtown bar district in St. John's, N.L. was a more controlled scene than usual ...

Jul 18, 2020

Quebec becomes first province to make masks mandatory in indoor public spaces

MONTREAL - Starting today, Quebec becomes the first province in Canada to require mask-wearing in all indoor public places. The new directive, which applies to people aged 12 and older, ...

Jul 18, 2020

Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready

OTTAWA - The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister An...

Jul 18, 2020

Stats Can plans 'contactless' census for 2021 in response to COVID-19

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is working on plans to deliver a "contactless census" next May if COVID-19 remains a threat. Officials from the agency said Friday the census day will be May 11, 2021 as pla...

Jul 17, 2020

'Intolerable' hate incidents continue to rise in Vancouver: police

VANCOUVER - Reported "hate incidents" have more than doubled this year in Vancouver and police say offenders are targeting the city's Asian community as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Insp. Dal...

Jul 17, 2020

CSIS warrant examination of 'critical importance' to Canadians: watchdog chair

OTTAWA - The national intelligence watchdog has begun its look into the failure of Canada's spy service to disclose crucial information when seeking warrants. Murray Rankin, chairman of the Natio...

Jul 17, 2020

Five new COVID-19 cases in Manitoba, all linked to Hutterite colony

WINNIPEG - Manitoba health officials are reporting five new COVID-19 cases, all on a Hutterite colony. The government says the new infections are of a man and a woman in their 60s, a man and a woman i...

Jul 17, 2020

Njoo tells young people to 'party' at a distance to help keep COVID-19 down

OTTAWA - Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars an...

Jul 17, 2020