Canada

COVID-19: Quebec reopens stores on Sundays, Ontario logs fewer hospitalizations

MONTREAL - Canada's two most populous provinces are reporting declines in COVID-19-related hospitalizations today as one of them prepares to lift a ban on Sunday shopping meant to curb the virus's spr...

Jan 23, 2022

Focus in U.S.-Canada border tragedy to shift Monday as accused appears in court

FARGO, N.D. - Under cover of darkness, strafed by bitter winds and obscured by a swirling blizzard, four people plodded through deep snow and deadly cold, aiming to cross an invisible threshold that h...

Jan 23, 2022

Canadian Trucking Alliance condemns protests by unvaccinated truckers

OTTAWA - A Canadian federation of provincial trucking groups is speaking out against planned protests by unvaccinated truckers opposed to a vaccine mandate for cross-border travel. The Canadian Trucki...

Aaron Schulze Jan 23, 2022

Canada flags unexplained illnesses for overseas staff to meet 'duty of care'

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign ministry has advised staff serving around the world to watch for mysterious illness symptoms following unexplained health incidents among diplomats in Cuba and U.S. personnel...

Jan 23, 2022

Ottawa's talks with Quebec shipyard to build much-needed icebreakers shrouded in fog

OTTAWA - Questions are swirling over yet another delay in Ottawa's nearly $100-billion plan to rebuild the fleets of Canada's navy and coast guard - only this time the delay isn't due to the stalled c...

Jan 21, 2022

Manitoba RCMP lay charges against corrections officer in death of inmate

WINNIPEG - Manitoba RCMP say they have charged a corrections officer in the death of a 45-year-old inmate at the Headingley Correctional Centre. RCMP say William Ahmo from Sagkeeng First Nation died o...

Jan 21, 2022

NDP calls on government to give emergency one-off payment to desperate seniors

OTTAWA - New Democrats want the federal government to give the most cash-strapped seniors a one-off emergency payment to help them pay for basics, including food and rent. Rachel Blaney, the NDP's spo...

Jan 21, 2022

Man pleads guilty to ammunition-related charge linked to Nova Scotia mass killer

HALIFAX - One of three people accused of supplying ammunition to the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia in 2020 has pleaded guilty to a single charge. Chris Hansen, a spokeswoman for the Nova ...

Jan 21, 2022

Prime minister calls freezing deaths of four near U.S. border mind-boggling, tragic

Canada is doing all it can to stop people from risking their lives by crossing the border illegally, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday. Trudeau was responding to the deaths of a family that tr...

Jan 21, 2022

Severe weather, hours of walking: Court documents detail deadly trek to U.S. border

EMERSON, MANITOBA - Dressed in new winter jackets, balaclavas and insulated rubber boots, a group of Indian citizens walked hours in the prairie darkness through fields of knee-deep snow hoping to get...

Jan 21, 2022