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South African envoy calls on Canada to support waiver on COVID-19 vaccines

OTTAWA - South Africa's envoy in Ottawa is calling on Canada to support a waiver on patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines as her country copes with the fallout of its discovery of the new Omicron v...

Nov 30, 2021

Montreal-area city revives plan to kill majority of deer herd in local park

LONGUEUIL, Que. - A city south of Montreal has revived a controversial plan to kill most of the deer living in a local park, about a year after it backed off from a similar initiative because of publi...

Nov 30, 2021

Study suggests Arctic to see more rain than snow earlier than expected

New research suggests rainfall will soon be more common in the Arctic than snowfall. A study led by researchers from the University of Manitoba, published today in the journal Nature Communications,sa...

Nov 30, 2021

More than $1B needed to clear surgical backlogs: Canadian Medical Association

OTTAWA - The Canadian Medical Association says it will cost $1.3 billion to clear the backlogs for eight key procedures that were put on hold during the COVID-19 pandemic. The association commissioned...

Nov 30, 2021

Grace period over for unvaxxed travellers, latest GDP figures: In The News for Nov 30

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 Nov. 30 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 30, 2021

Unvaccinated travellers barred from planes and trains as of today

OTTAWA - Unvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 won't be able to board a plane or train in Canada beginning today, and a negative COVID-19 test will no longer serve as a substitute for most people...

Nov 30, 2021

British Columbia braces for third 'atmospheric river' after recent floods

VANCOUVER - British Columbia is bracing for more rain after mudslides and flooding caused devastation in parts of the province. Environment Canada says up to 200 millimetres of rain could drench the c...

Greg Fry Nov 30, 2021

Statistics Canada scheduled to detail third quarter GDP figures

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is scheduled to report this morning how the Canadian economy fared during the third quarter of the year. Late last month, the statistics agency initially estimated that real...

Nov 30, 2021

Canada's residential addiction programs need national standards: expert

OTTAWA - An expert on substance use policy says there should be clearer standards for publicly funded residential addiction treatment programs in Canada. While health and safety standards for such fac...

Nov 29, 2021

Yukon's illicit overdose death toll now highest in Canada: coroner

WHITEHORSE - Yukon's Coroner's Service says the territory's opioid overdose rate per capita is now the highest in Canada with a reported 48.4 deaths per 100,000 people. Yukon chief coroner Heather Jon...

Nov 29, 2021