Category Archives: Canada
Ontario, Quebec begin easing COVID-19 restrictions as schools reopen in the Maritimes
Canada's most populous provinces are easing some COVID-19 restrictions today, while students head back to classrooms in two Maritime provinces. Ontario and Quebec have reported declines in hospitaliza...
Jan 31, 2022
Calling the Ottawa protests 'peaceful' downplays non-violent dangers, critics say
Police haven't reported any physical violence at the ongoing Ottawa rally against vaccine mandates and other government-imposed COVID-19 restrictions, but critics warn that conflating the absence of b...
Jan 31, 2022
Trial to start for teen charged in 2020 hit-and-run death of Calgary police officer
CALGARY - A trial for the 19-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer just over a year ago is scheduled to begin today. The teen, who cannot b...
Jan 31, 2022
Alberta premier says truckers' border blockade violates traffic laws and must end
COUTTS, Alta. - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says a truck convoy that's blockaded a highway at a busy U.S. border crossing as part of a protest against vaccine mandates violates the province's Traffic...
Jan 30, 2022
Protesters show no sign of rolling off as Ottawa residents brace for more disruption
OTTAWA - Many of the horn-honking demonstrators who brought Ottawa to a near standstill showed no signs of budging Sunday as parliamentarians, businesses and school administrators were left wondering ...
Jan 30, 2022
Trudeau seeks NDP, Bloc support to prevent Conservative 'obstructionism'
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is counting on the Bloc Quebecois and the NDP to help his minority Liberal government get things done in the face of what he anticipates will be systematic obstr...
Jan 30, 2022
Quebec Premier announces candidate for upcoming byelection in Marie-Victorin riding
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault has named the woman who will carry his party's banner during a pending byelection in a Montreal-area riding. He says Shirley Dorismond will represent the Coal...
Jan 30, 2022
'The devil is definitely in the details': How fuel could have entered Iqaluit's water
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit resident Jenny Ell says she couldn't believe it when she turned on her tap a couple of weeks ago and smelled fuel for the second time in a matter of months. Ell, who is preg...
Jan 30, 2022
After reflecting on two election defeats, B.C. Liberals get ready to elect new leader
VICTORIA - A new leader will be chosen by British Columbia's Liberals on Saturday after a months-long campaign that often focused on renewal and a new course for a party that has lost successive elect...
Jan 30, 2022
Quebec restaurants are reopening, but some former workers don't plan to go back
MONTREAL - Restaurants in Quebec will be allowed to reopen Monday for the first time in more than a month, but some former workers say they won't be looking for new jobs in the industry. Milovan Danie...
Jan 30, 2022