Category Archives: Canada
'Would you dare take it?': Critics fear B.C. is deregulating Chinese medicine
VANCOUVER - Tom Whitfield takes a ferry from Nanaimo to a traditional Chinese medicine clinic in downtown Vancouver every Monday for acupuncture and other treatment. The excursion sometimes consumes t...
Jan 06, 2026
BR-Chinese-Medicine
VANCOUVER - Traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and students are protesting against plans by the B-C government to deregulate the prescribing, compounding, and dispensing of Chinese medicine. D...
Jan 06, 2026
Doctors fear CDC vaccine recommendation changes will fuel vaccine hesitancy in Canada
TORONTO - Sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule in the U.S. are concerning doctors who say Canadian parents might get the false impression that it's unsafe to immunize their children. Ont...
Jan 06, 2026
Nova Scotia child attacked by three dogs has died, school officials say
HALIFAX - A child who was attacked by three large dogs on Saturday in Nova Scotia has died, according to local school and municipal officials. The Tri-County Regional Centre for Education says the los...
Jan 06, 2026
Suspect in Desjardins data leak involving 9.7 million members arrested in Spain
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say a suspect in a major data leak at Desjardins was arrested in Spain in November 2025. Juan Pablo Serrano had been sought by police since June 2024 for the theft ...
Jan 06, 2026
Charles Milliard to enter race to replace Pablo Rodriguez as Quebec Liberal leader
QUBEC - Charles Milliard says he will run for leader of the embattled Quebec Liberals for a second time, less than three weeks after Pablo Rodriguez resigned from the job amid an anti-corruption polic...
Jan 06, 2026
Carney meets with Danish PM as U.S. ramps up talk of taking over Greenland
PARIS - Prime Minister Mark Carney stood with Denmark on Tuesday, insisting the future of the Danish territory of Greenland will be decided "solely by the people" of Denmark and Greenland following fr...
Jan 06, 2026
Carney says Freeland's resignation is 'consistent' with taking Ukraine adviser role
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney said Ontario Liberal MP Chrystia Freeland's upcoming resignation from the House of Commons is "consistent" with her taking on a role as an unpaid economic developme...
Jan 06, 2026
In the news today: Canada's role in Ukrainian peace, Pipeline asks, Nunavik shooting
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... In Paris, Carney set to talk about Canada's role in eventual Ukraine ceasefire Prime Minister Mark Carney is i...
Jan 06, 2026
Bianca Mugyenyi, wife of rejected NDP leadership hopeful, puts her name forward
OTTAWA - The wife of Montreal activist and former federal NDP leadership hopeful Yves Engler, barred over alleged harassment, says she has put her name forward for the job. Bianca Mugyenyi shared on s...
Jan 06, 2026