Category Archives: Canada

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories government says it's changing its rollout plan for a fourth dose of a COVID-19 vaccine due to limited supply of a vaccine targeting the Omicron variant in Canad...

NAUJUAAT, NUNAVUT - Nunavut politicians are isolating in Naujaat after the premier tested positive for COVID-19 during a cabinet retreat in the hamlet. Premier P.J. Akeeagok says he got tested for COV...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police say seven people are in hospital after an explosion at a refinery in Come By Chance, N.L., about 150 kilometres west of St. John's. RCMP Cpl. Jolene Garland said earlier in t...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is defending Alberta's lieutenant-governor after she suggested she may not automatically pass a sovereignty act bill proposed by a candidates vying to replace him as Un...

QUADRA ISLAND - A pod of orcas surprised a group of friends visiting Quadra Island, B.C., last weekend, appearing metres from where they stood on the shoreline of Moulds Bay. Erika van Sittert, who ca...

OTTAWA - A dispute between an Ottawa landlord and a group loosely associated with the "Freedom Convoy" protest in Ottawa last winter will be sorted out by a judge. A group of people referring to thems...

OTTAWA - The inquiry into Ottawa's unprecedented use of the Emergencies Act during protests in February is being delayed. The Public Order Emergency Commission was to begin hearings Sept. 19 but will ...

BEIJING - Canada's embassy in Beijing says censors have removed its posts about a United Nations report on human rights in Xinjiang from two Chinese social media platforms. The embassy Tweeted that it...

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leader Erin O'Toole will deliver a greeting at the party's leadership event where his successor will be named but he won't be on the stage. Party president Rob Batherson s...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......