Canada

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

Newborn care unit at Vancouver hospital shut down by COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER - A newborn intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in B.C. Vancouver Coastal Health, which administers health-care services for much of ...

Jul 17, 2020

Defence wants 5 to 9 years for former nightclub employee guilty of sex assaults

EDMONTON - The defence lawyer representing a former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexual assault says his client should serve between five and nine years in prison. Matthew McKnight, w...

Jul 17, 2020

Tories to seek Trudeau family's speaking records as second WE probe begins

OTTAWA - A second House of Commons committee is to begin probing the aborted deal between the federal government and WE Charity to run a massive student-volunteering program. WE gave up running t...

Jul 17, 2020