Canada

Turbulence in Canadian opinion on airlines COVID-19 response: poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests turbulence ahead for airlines seeking public support for their current COVID-19 plans. Seventy-two per cent of Canadians surveyed say they're not comfortable flying since ...

Jul 07, 2020

Buffet decision shows LNG projects on shaky political, economic ground: report

OTTAWA - Legendary investor Warren Buffett's decision to walk away from a proposed export terminal for liquefied natural gas in Quebec is being held up in a new report as a sign that the LNG sector in...

Jul 06, 2020

'Divine event:' Surgeon who helped man after hike operates on him days later

CALGARY - A Saskatchewan man who had a heart attack after a hike in the Rocky Mountains says it was divine intervention that the same cardiac surgeon who helped resuscitate him near the trai...

Jul 06, 2020

Pandemic slows disclosure of information to defence lawyers in RCMP secrets case

OTTAWA - A federal prosecutor says the disclosure of evidence to defence lawyers has "slowed significantly" in the case of Cameron Jay Ortis, an RCMP member charged with revealing secrets. Crown ...

Jul 06, 2020

Overdose deaths increase by 93 per cent among B.C.'s First Nations

VANCOUVER - The First Nations Health Authority says 89 members of its community fatally overdosed from illicit drugs across British Columbia between January and May, an increase of 93 p...

Jul 06, 2020

N.L. officials warn of potential fines in response to crowded bar photos

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Public health officials are warning of potential fines for skirting public health orders as images from a St. John's bar overflowing with patrons on the weekend draw criticism ...

Jul 06, 2020

Clearview AI to end facial-recognition services in Canada: privacy commissioner

OTTAWA - The federal privacy commissioner says U.S. firm Clearview AI will stop offering its facial-recognition services in Canada in response to an investigation by the commissioner and three provinc...

Jul 06, 2020

Ontario to end streaming in Grade 9, early years suspensions

TORONTO - Ontario is doing away with an educational practice long criticized for disproportionately targeting high school students from racialized backgrounds, the provincial government ...

Jul 06, 2020

Peacock removed from Victoria apartment doorway after attack on resident

VICTORIA - Animal control officers in Victoria have evicted a male peacock from an apartment entrance after the bird's daily courtship activities escalated to an attack on a resident over th...

Jul 06, 2020

Unions tell MPs that grocery workers should still have pandemic pay

OTTAWA - Union leaders who represent thousands of grocery-store workers are telling MPs there is no reason for large chains to cut pandemic-related pay premiums since the COVID-19 pandemic hasn't gone...

Jul 06, 2020