Category Archives: Canada

Auditor criticizes pandemic border measure enforcement, other COVID-19 responses
OTTAWA - The auditor general has found Canada failed to adequately enforce border measures designed to keep international travellers from importing cases of COVID-19 into the country, just as the gove...
Dec 09, 2021

COVID-19 infections on the rise after grad ceremonies at university in Nova Scotia
HALIFAX - There are now 59 COVID-19 infections linked to recent graduation ceremonies at St. Francis Xavier University in northern Nova Scotia. Health officials reported an additional 38 cases today a...
Dec 09, 2021

'Grief and frustration' as B.C. marks a new record death toll in overdose crisis
VICTORIA - British Columbia has recorded its highest-ever monthly number of suspected overdose deaths from toxic illicit drugs. A statement from the coroners' service says there were 201 fatalities in...
Dec 09, 2021

Teacher suffers mild injuries in stabbing in Montreal high school, suspect arrested
MONTREAL - A suspect is in custody after a stabbing at a Montreal high school that sent a teacher to hospital with mild injuries. Montreal police say the incident occurred at about 10 a.m. today at Jo...
Dec 09, 2021

Quebec elementary school teacher reassigned from class over hijab due to Bill 21
MONTREAL - An elementary school teacher in western Quebec has been reassigned from her classroom because her hijab contravenes the province's law forbidding teachers from wearing religious symbols. Pa...
Dec 09, 2021

Federal privacy watchdog warns of growing dangers of 'surveillance capitalism'
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is warning Canadians about the growing threat of surveillance capitalism - the use of personal information by large corporations. In his annual report tabled toda...
Dec 09, 2021

Liberals' wage subsidy extension to push program costs to $107 billion, PBO says
OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government's plan to extend its wage subsidy will push the overall price for the program to almost $106.7 billion. The budget officer's repor...
Dec 09, 2021

Civil society organizations release drug decriminalization platform for Canada
OTTAWA - Twenty-one organizations across the country have released Canada's first civil society-led policy framework for drug decriminalization and redistributing resources from police to services tha...
Dec 09, 2021

Foods prices going up, Canada attends democracy summit : In The News for Dec. 9
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 Dec. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Dec 09, 2021

Former B.C. TV weather forecaster predicts climate catastrophe and hunger for UN
OTTAWA - As a transplanted British Columbian, Jesse Mason views the extreme and shifting weather patterns unfolding in his native province with a high level of concern. First, there was the heat dome ...
Dec 09, 2021