Category Archives: Canada
Ontario’s top doctor says province needs to modernize vaccine registry, calls for national schedule
TORONTO - Ontario's top doctor is calling for a national immunization schedule and registry to address gaps exposed by the resurgence of measles in Canada - but first, he says his own province needs a...
Sep 04, 2025
Carney promises 'military assistance' in Ukraine at virtual meeting of allies
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney's office says he told Ukraine's allies today that Canada is willing to deploy "direct and scalable military assistance" in a post-ceasefire Ukraine. The Prime Minis...
Sep 04, 2025
B.C. hits Canadian September heat record again as smoke warnings persist
VANCOUVER - Temperatures in British Columbia have hit all-time Canadian record levels for the month of September for the second consecutive day, as extremely hot and smoky conditions persist across mu...
Sep 04, 2025
Suspect in deadly mass stabbing on Manitoba First Nation killed in crash with Mountie
WINNIPEG - A brother and sister are dead and several others injured, including a Mountie, after a mass stabbing Thursday on a small, tight-knit First Nation northeast of Winnipeg. "I ask the community...
Sep 04, 2025
Carney sending MP Blois to China to help Saskatchewan push back on canola tariffs
Prime Minister Mark Carney's parliamentary secretary will go to China to join Saskatchewan's efforts to get Beijing to scrap its canola tariffs and address other "trade irritants," the prime minister'...
Sep 04, 2025
Quebec replaces Luc Boileau as head of public health with Caroline Quach-Thanh
MONTREAL - Quebec is replacing its national public health director, with Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh taking over from Dr. Luc Boileau. In a statement Wednesday, the government said Quach-Thanh's term wil...
Sep 04, 2025
Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet next week, prorogue provincial legislature
QUBEC - Mired in scandal and dismal polling numbers, Quebec Premier Franois Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and prorogue the provincial legislature until the end of the month. In a statemen...
Sep 04, 2025
'As long as it takes': Union escalates B.C. public service strike
VANCOUVER - Strike action by public service workers from the BC General Employees' Union entered its third day with pickets in front of a Vancouver building that houses a Ministry of Finance office, a...
Sep 04, 2025
Two Canadians likely dead after Lisbon streetcar crash, police say
OTTAWA - Local police say there's a "high possibility" that two Canadians are dead after a popular 19th-century streetcar crashed in Portugal's capital on Wednesday, The Associated Press reports. The ...
Sep 04, 2025
Head of hard-right U.S. think tank no longer addressing Carney's cabinet
TORONTO - The head of a controversial right-wing American think tank dropped off the list of speakers who were set to brief Prime Minister Mark Carney and his cabinet behind closed doors Thursday. Kev...
Sep 04, 2025