Canada

Project tracking COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care paused due to lack of data

TORONTO - A think tank that's been compiling data on COVID-19 in Canadian long-term care homes says it has to stop its work because provinces are no longer making enough information public about the s...

Thomas Doucet Jul 28, 2022

Once months ahead, N.W.T. behind in COVID-19 vaccine rollout for 4th doses

YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories was among the first jurisdictions in Canada to offer the COVID-19 vaccine to all adult residents, but it's now lagging behind in expanding a rollout of fourth d...

Jul 28, 2022

Ottawa proposes to pay $1,337 for AR-15 under mandatory firearms buyback program

OTTAWA - The federal government is proposing $1,337 in compensation for turning in an AR-15 rifle under a mandatory buyback program. Public Safety Canada has released a price list detailing how much m...

Thomas Doucet Jul 28, 2022

From Buy American to 'North American': Manchin-Schumer deal amends EV tax credits

WASHINGTON - The existential crisis confronting Canada's automotive industry may finally be over. U.S. Democrats Sen. Chuck Schumer and Sen. Joe Manchin have agreed to propose doing away with a tax-cr...

Jul 28, 2022

Pope Francis to host mass at Quebec pilgrimage site following second apology

QUEBEC - Pope Francis is set to begin his second day of events in Quebec's capital city as part of his tour that he has called a pilgrimage of penance. The pontiff is scheduled to host his second mass...

Jul 28, 2022

U.S. raises trade concerns with Canada over online-streaming bill

OTTAWA - Washington has raised concerns about the trade implications of Ottawa's online-streaming bill, prompting a legal expert to warn that Canada could face hundreds of millions of dollars of retal...

Jul 28, 2022

Canada asked France extradite priest facing sexual assault charge in Nunavut

OTTAWA - The federal government has confirmed that Canada asked France to extradite a priest who is accused of crimes against children in Nunavut. A spokesman for the Justice Department says the Publi...

Jul 27, 2022

The Latest on the Pope's visit to Canada

Pope Francis is on a six-day tour of Canada aimed at reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. Here are the latest developments on his stops t...

Jul 27, 2022

Montreal AIDS conference: progress made toward cure, but COVID stalled global fight

MONTREAL - Ahead of a major international AIDS conference in Montreal, researchers and officials on Wednesday promoted the progress toward finding a cure for HIV but lamented how the COVID-19 pandemic...

Jul 27, 2022

CRTC needs to do a better job regulating telecoms, experts say

OTTAWA - The recent Rogers outage has spurred a flurry of policy recommendations from experts and elected officials, including legislation that would recognize telecommunication services as essential ...

Jul 27, 2022