Category Archives: Canada
New variants will fuel COVID pandemic unless global vaccine rate rises: Gavi, UNICEF
OTTAWA - With pandemic restrictions easing across Canada, a House of Commons committee was warned today that disruptive new variants of COVID-19 will continue to emerge every few months unless the low...
Apr 25, 2022
Quebec lawyers ask for more time to get details about 2012 threats against PQ leader
MONTREAL - Lawyers for the Quebec government asked a court on Monday for more time to unearth details about six threats allegedly made against former Parti Qubcois leader Pauline Marois on the day of ...
Apr 25, 2022
Convoy organizer warns of 'free-for-all' if police ban protest from downtown Ottawa
OTTAWA - One of the organizers of a planned motorcycle convoy is warning of a "free-for-all" on Friday if Ottawa police don't allow hundreds of protesters to bring their bikes onto the streets around ...
Apr 25, 2022
Mélanie Joly to discuss Ukraine by video Tuesday with U.S. secretary of state
WASHINGTON - Ukraine's war with Russia will be top of mind Tuesday when Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly meets by video link with her U.S. counterpart. Joly and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blin...
Apr 25, 2022
Quebec watchdog probing death of man who allegedly jumped in river to evade arrest
SAINT-LIN-LAURENTIDES, Que. - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating the death of a man who allegedly jumped into a river northeast of Montreal to evade police. The Bureau des enqutes indpendantes ...
Apr 25, 2022
B.C. First Nation has proposed settlement after 160-year battle with Canada
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia First Nation has reached a proposed $135-million settlement with the federal government, 160 years after settlers began taking over its village lands. Chief Willie Sella...
Apr 25, 2022
Feds invest $6.7 million on research platform looking at impact of COVID-19 on youth
MONTREAL - The federal government is investing $6.7 million on a Canada-wide research platform to better understand the impact of COVID-19 on children. Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos told re...
Apr 25, 2022
Record rise in antisemitism in 2021 with surge of violent incidents
OTTAWA - B'nai Brith Canada says there were record levels of antisemitism in Canada last year, with sharp increases in Quebec and British Columbia. The annual audit shows there were 2,799 anti-Jewish ...
Apr 25, 2022
Mom of slain Quebec boys seeking compensation over alleged youth protection failures
MONTREAL - The mother of two deceased boys whose father is accused of killing them is seeking $2 million from the Quebec government because she says youth protection services failed her family. In a l...
Apr 25, 2022
Key interest rate could soon go up another half percentage point, central bank says
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada is signalling Canada's key interest rate could go up another half percentage point in June to help wrestle inflation under control. Tick Macklem is appearin...
Apr 25, 2022