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Canada's top doctor says severe illness trends are still rising in most jurisdictions

Canada's top doctor says even though the average daily COVID-19 case count across the country is down 30 per cent compared to last week, it's not an accurate reflection of the state of the pandemic. D...

Jan 27, 2022

Verifying CERB recipients, tracking COVID cases : In The News for Jan. 27

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 27, 2022

Mounties say autopsies have begun to identify four found dead near U.S. border

WINNIPEG - Mounties say autopsies have begun to try to identify four people who were found dead in a frigid Manitoba blizzard near the United States border. The bodies of a man, a woman, a teen and a ...

Jan 26, 2022

Government's decision not to review lithium company takeover a 'mistake': expert

OTTAWA - An intelligence expert said the federal government's decision not to conduct a formal national security review on the takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned co...

Jan 26, 2022

Alberta reports three cases of new COVID subvariant, more hospitalizations, deaths

EDMONTON - Alberta Health says it has detected three cases of the BA. 2 variant and reported its second-highest rate of hospitalizations due to COVID-19. The province says there were 1,418 hospitaliza...

Jan 26, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec has launched an online portal to track COVID-19 rapid test results, even as experts and government officials admit there are limits to the accura...

Jan 26, 2022

Ottawa police contact trucker convoy leaders, preparing for potential violence

Ottawa police say they have been in touch with leaders of a trucker convoy over weekend protest plans in the capital and are getting ready for a several scenarios - including violence. Ottawa police C...

Jan 26, 2022

CP NewsAlert: Four people found dead at home in Richmond, B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - Police say four people were found dead at a home in Richmond, B.C., in what they describe as a targeted shooting. The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says officers were called ...

Jan 26, 2022

Trudeau cabinet mulls new Russia-Ukraine moves as U.S. suggests new export controls

OTTAWA - The Liberal government's cabinet retreat wraps later today with pressure mounting on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to take substantive new action on addressing the Ukraine-Russia crisis. The ...

Jan 26, 2022

B.C. Appeal Court extends injunction against protests at Fairy Creek until September

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's Court of Appeal has overturned a lower-court ruling and extended an injunction against old-growth logging protests until September on Vancouver Island. A panel of three ...

Jan 26, 2022