Category Archives: Canada

B.C. allows more openings, but 'we are not leaving COVID-19 behind,' Horgan
VICTORIA - British Columbia is further easing restrictions that are in place because of COVID-19, allowing hotels, motels, spas, resorts, hostels and RV parks to resume operating. Premier John Ho...
Jun 24, 2020

Twins with a twist born in Victoria after mom has many miscarriages
VICTORIA - Margo and Ian Sheldon tried to have a baby for six years, enduring the pain of multiple miscarriages and a full-term still birth. Last week, four days apart, their two babies arrived. The n...
Jun 24, 2020

Federal work on First Nations policing should have begun long ago: Bellegarde
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the Liberal government will work on a law to ensure First Nations have the policing services they need and deserve - but questions are being raised...
Jun 24, 2020

Montreal Irish groups not giving up fight over light-rail station name
MONTREAL - Members of Montreal's Irish community say they aren't giving up their opposition to the city's decision to name a new light-rail station after a controversial&...
Jun 24, 2020

Canada gives $5 million for new wildlife research network
OTTAWA - The federal government is investing $5 million in national wildfire research to help fire-prevention experts get the knowledge they need to keep Canadian forests from burning. The A...
Jun 24, 2020

University of B.C. study warns wildfire smoke could make COVID-19 symptoms worse
VANCOUVER - A study by University of British Columbia researchers underscores the immediate, harmful health effects of wildfire smoke and says there are concerning implications dur...
Jun 24, 2020

Sanction Chinese officials over human-rights violations, senators urge Trudeau
OTTAWA - A group of senators is calling on the Liberal government to impose sanctions on Chinese officials over China's treatment of its Muslim minority, its increasing restriction of freedoms in Hong...
Jun 24, 2020

Plans for 'Atlantic bubble' on July 3 as cases of COVID-19 stabilize
HALIFAX - The four Atlantic provinces have announced plans to ease interprovincial travel restrictions, creating a so-called "bubble" as the region has reported relatively few new ...
Jun 24, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Charges expected to be dropped against chief in violent arrest
FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Charges are expected to be dropped against a prominent northern Alberta First Nations chief who was the subject of a violent arrest earlier this year. The case of Chief Allan Ad...
Jun 24, 2020

Pandemic fines top $13 million, study says; punitive approach rapped
TORONTO - Authorities in some provinces ramped up often arbitrary law enforcement to help curtail the COVID-19 pandemic rather than rely on a purely public health approach, according to a report ...
Jun 24, 2020