Category Archives: Canada
'We are all Ukrainian,' envoy tells Canada as he laments breakdown in world order
OTTAWA - As the world watched war arrive in Ukraine, Andrii Bukvych was hearing first-hand accounts from family and loved ones in Kyiv. His mother, his sister and her son could hear the explosions, wh...
Feb 24, 2022
Emergency powers end but questions linger on future of protest and legacy of actions
OTTAWA - The secure perimeter around downtown Ottawa, guarded by police checkpoints, will remain through the weekend as the local force tries to maintain peace and order in Canada's capital city witho...
Feb 24, 2022
'The free world must rally:' Ukrainian Canadians denounce Russian attacks
MONTREAL - Ukrainian Canadians are holding demonstrations to denounce Russia's attack on Ukraine as they urge Ottawa and the Western world to act swiftly to defend their homeland. Demonstrations have ...
Feb 24, 2022
Canada brings in stronger sanctions after Russia strikes Ukraine
OTTAWA - Canada imposed more severe sanctions on Russia in response to its military strike against Ukraine, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday. The new sanctions will target 58 people and ent...
Feb 24, 2022
Members of Congress call out Canada for approving Neo Lithium sale to Chinese company
WASHINGTON - A group of House Republicans wants to know more about why Canada didn't red-flag the pending Chinese takeover of a lithium producer with offices in Toronto. The three members of Congress ...
Feb 24, 2022
Health Canada authorizes plant-based, Canadian-developed COVID-19 vaccine
Health Canada authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine Thursday that it touted as the first greenlit shot to be developed by a Canadian company and the first to be made with plant-based technology. Known as ...
Feb 24, 2022
Oversight committee rules out mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick
FREDERICTON - An expert committee has determined there is no evidence of a mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick. The oversight committee of six neurologists was created last year after provincial...
Feb 24, 2022
Edmonton police say innocent man killed after officers fire on robbery suspect
EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say officers shot and killed a robbery suspect Wednesday night, but an innocent man in a nearby apartment building was also hit by gunfire. Chief Dale McFee says the man ...
Feb 24, 2022
Prospect of protest 'convoy' in D.C. yet to fully coalesce as authorities get ready
WASHINGTON - An Ottawa-inspired "freedom convoy" is making its way to the U.S. capital, but as of now, it has little else in common with its Canadian namesake. Where the protests in Canada's capital w...
Feb 24, 2022
Health Canada authorizes made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA- Health Canada's approval of a made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine signals the beginning of the end of the country's reliance on foreign drug makers. Medicago's two-dose vaccine, called Covifenz, u...
Feb 24, 2022