Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending teenagers with underlying conditions or at high risk of COVID-19 exposure get a booster ...

Jan 28, 2022

Nord Stream 2 pipeline a sanctions option if Russia invades Ukraine: German envoy

OTTAWA - Germany's ambassador to Canada says a controversial gas pipeline that links to Russia beneath the Baltic Sea could be part of a broader package of sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine. Amba...

Jan 28, 2022

N.L.'s Memorial University apologizes for anti-Black racism after slur used in course

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Memorial University's vice-provost of equity, diversity and inclusion says a video that appears to show an instructor at the school use a racial slur during a lecture is a sign that...

Jan 28, 2022

MétisMétis National Council takes former president, Manitoba Métis to court

The Mtis National Council has filed a lawsuit against its former president and the Manitoba Mtis Federation alleging financial irregularities and questionable contracts. President Cassidy Caron says a...

Jan 28, 2022

Iqaluit lifts precautionary boil-water advisory, bypass system still being used

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Health Department has lifted a precautionary boil-water advisory for the city of Iqaluit. The capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the cit...

Jan 28, 2022

Four deaths in Richmond, B.C., believed to be a murder-suicide, police say

RICHMOND, B.C. - Homicide investigators say they believe the targeted shooting that left four people dead in a Richmond, B.C., home was a murder-suicide. The victims were all members of the same famil...

Jan 28, 2022

Trudeau concerned trucker convoy converging on Parliament Hill could turn violent

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's concerned about the potential for violence during this weekend's planned protest on Parliament Hill by truckers and others joining the crowd. In an int...

Jan 28, 2022

Fortin sex assault case scheduled for two days in September

OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's sexual assault case will go to trial in September. Two days were set aside for the trial during a brief, virtual courtroom hearing this morning, five months after the ...

Jan 28, 2022

CN Rail will not pursue contempt case related to 2020 rail blockade in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Canadian National Railway says it will not pursue criminal charges against protesters accused of defying an injunction and blocking a CN rail line in northwestern British Columbia nearly t...

Greg Fry Jan 28, 2022

Passenger in hit-and-run death of Calgary officer sentenced to 5 years in prison

CALGARY - The passenger in a car involved in the hit-and-run death of a Calgary police officer has been sentenced to five years in prison. Amir Abdulrahman was sentenced this morning after pleading gu...

Jan 28, 2022