Canada

NHL postpones Leafs, Canucks games as COVID-19 cases grow

VANCOUVER - The NHL has postponed two games each for the Vancouver Canucks and Toronto Maple Leafs as COVID-19 case counts continue to jump throughout the league. A matchup between the Canucks and Lea...

Aaron Schulze Dec 18, 2021

Students, representatives worry about spread of COVID-19 at in-person exams at UBC

VANCOUVER - Students and their representatives at the University of British Columbia are calling for the cancellation of in-person exams as the province deals with a surge in cases of the Omicron vari...

Dec 18, 2021

Quebec Liquor Corp. warehouse staff OK deal; restocking shelves will take few weeks

MONTREAL - Quebec's liquor corporation says its warehouse workers have ratified a new contract, but it will be a few weeks more before store shelves are full again. Union members voted 86.3 per cent i...

Dec 18, 2021

COVID-19 cases mount, restrictions reintroduced amid Omicron variant threat

COVID-19 cases are continuing to soar across the country, with Ontario and Quebec each posting more than 3,000 new cases today fuelled by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus. One day after se...

Dec 18, 2021

Edmonton's animal cruelty investigations unit example for other police services

EDMONTON, United Kingdom - It started with a puppy they named Tucker. In 2017, constables Ilka Cunningham and Ted Dyck with the Edmonton Police Service were sent to an animal cruelty call and found a ...

Dec 18, 2021

'Have to forgive:' Son of woman killed in crash caused by premier trying to move on

SASKATOON - Steve Balog says his mom didn't come from money but she knew how to give in kindness. One of the first times he remembers seeing her selflessness was when she pulled over to help a boy on ...

Dec 18, 2021

Few inmates using flawed needle exchange program meant to protect against HIV: report

OTTAWA - Inmates' access to sterile needles in Canadian federal prisons continues to be severely limited, potentially exposing them to blood-borne infections including HIV and hepatitis C. A report co...

Dec 18, 2021

With child-care program Trudeau finds a model for influencing provincial policy

OTTAWA - If you had asked Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last year whether the federal government could have a stronger hand in provincial health matters, he says his answer might have been different. ...

Dec 18, 2021

Dentists see pandemic stress in patients with more grinding, cracked, broken teeth

VICTORIA - Stress and anxiety connected to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is revealing itself in people's mouths, say dentists who report increasing cases of patients with cracked, broken and damaged t...

Dec 18, 2021

Housing for displaced flood victims high priority as military wraps B.C. assistance

VANCOUVER, Wash. - The mayor of a British Columbia community devastated by last month's floods says finding winter housing for displaced residents is his top priority with recovery efforts underway. P...

Dec 17, 2021