Category Archives: Canada
U.S. authorities issue final order allowing P.E.I. table potatoes back over border
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Agriculture has lifted the final barrier that was keeping table potatoes from Prince Edward Island out of the United States. A final federal order posted today clea...
Apr 01, 2022
As Pope Francis prepares to come to Canada, a look at past papal visits
OTTAWA - Standing before a room of nearly 200 Indigenous delegates at the Vatican, Pope Francis apologized Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The Pope said he felt sha...
Apr 01, 2022
Reactions to the Pope's apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools
Pope Francis apologized at the Vatican on Friday for the Roman Catholic Church's role in residential schools. The pontiff, speaking in Italian, asked for God's forgiveness for the deplorable conduct o...
Apr 01, 2022
Muslims ready to celebrate Ramadan together after COVID-19 restrictions lifted
TORONTO - Mohsin Patel has been working hard to prepare a program that will be providing free meals for those in need during the month of Ramadan. The member of the mosque committee at the Mecca Islam...
Apr 01, 2022
'Never losing hope:' Former national chief says apology reflects decades-long fight
ROME - Phil Fontaine says he had hoped a long-sought apology would finally come this week when an Indigenous delegation met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. But the former national chief says he was ...
Apr 01, 2022
Public health notice warns of norovirus outbreak linked to B.C. oysters
VANCOUVER - The Public Health Agency of Canada says raw oysters from British Columbia have been linked to hundreds of cases of norovirus in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario. The agency has issu...
Apr 01, 2022
Future waves of COVID-19 likely as Canada undergoes "period of transition": Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer warned Friday the country is in a period of pandemic transition that might see further waves of COVID-19 cases this year. "We anticipate that progress wil...
Apr 01, 2022
Industry looks to budget for help on supply chain problems, domestic production
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are being asked to muscle space in next week's budget to help Canada become more productive, and lay investments to lure new companies as part of a push to simplify pande...
Apr 01, 2022
Nicole Gladu, Quebec advocate of medical aid in dying, dies of natural causes
MONTREAL - Nicole Gladu, the Quebec woman who fought to expand the right to medical aid in dying, has died of natural causes. A death notice says Gladu, who suffered from an incurable degenerative dis...
Apr 01, 2022
On April Fools', Congress gets serious about clearing way for legal marijuana in U.S.
WASHINGTON - It may be April Fools' Day, but Democrats in Congress are nonetheless getting serious about legalizing marijuana in the United States. The House of Representatives began the day by debati...
Apr 01, 2022