Canada

CP NewsAlert: B.C. to lift most COVID restrictions, but masks, vaccine rules remain

VICTORIA - British Columbia will drop capacity limits for indoor and outdoor gatherings including at sporting events, fitness centres, restaurants, bars and nightclubs on Wednesday night. People will ...

Feb 15, 2022

Convoy protesters pursue new funding, including own crypto token, as feds swoop in

OTTAWA - Figures behind the protests blockading Parliament Hill and various border crossings are championing new ways to finance their movement - including through their own crypto token - as Ottawa i...

Feb 15, 2022

Panel agrees with Canada that Trump-era U.S. solar panel tariffs violate USMCA

WASHINGTON - When it comes to trade dispute victories in the post-NAFTA era, Canada just tied it up, 1-1. A dispute resolution panel has agreed that tariffs on Canadian-made solar products imposed in ...

Feb 15, 2022

Vancouver police use DNA to identify child victims in 'Babes in the Woods' cold case

VANCOUVER - The child victims in what police say is Vancouver's oldest unsolved murder case have been identified as two young brothers. Police say David and Derek D'Alton were six and seven when they ...

Feb 15, 2022

Nunavut eases restrictions in some communities; rapid tests coming

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Restrictions are to ease in 15 Nunavut communities starting Monday as COVID-19 cases slowly drop across the territory. Outdoor gatherings in the communities will increase to 15 peop...

Feb 15, 2022

Blockade ends at Alberta-U.S. border crossing after more than two weeks

COUTTS, Alta. - Trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring have rolled out of a southern Alberta town, ending a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks. Prote...

Feb 15, 2022

Study suggests climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely

Research from Environment Canada says the catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia last fall were at least twice as likely because of climate change. The study concludes that...

Feb 15, 2022

CP NewsAlert: First Nation says 54 graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools

KEESEEKOOSE FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says 54 graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools. Keeseekoose First Nation says the ...

Feb 15, 2022

Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly resigns amid protests: councillor

OTTAWA - An Ottawa city councillor says police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned. Riley Brockington tweeted the news today as anti-vaccine mandate protesters continue to clog the downtown core of Canada'...

Feb 15, 2022

Ministers to announce changes to COVID-19 border restrictions today

OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is expected to announce major changes to the border measures designed to counter to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. EST. Currently, th...

Greg Fry Feb 15, 2022