Canada

Nova Scotia pays for COVID-19 vaccines for mink, B.C. says no before closing industry

Nova Scotia will help pay for a COVID-19 vaccine for mink, but the British Columbia government says more research is needed to determine if immunization is an option for thousands of animals that will...

Nov 12, 2021

Toronto police say woman severely hurt in 2018 van attack has died of her injuries

TORONTO - Police say a woman who was severely hurt in the 2018 Toronto van attack has died of her injuries in hospital. Toronto police say in a release that Amaresh Tessamariam, who was 65, died on Oc...

Nov 11, 2021

Ottawa doctor pleads for help from the prime minister after death threat

OTTAWA - An Ottawa family doctor who organized mass COVID-19 vaccination clinics earlier this year has received a death threat and she is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to do more to protect hea...

Nov 11, 2021

Afghan refugees in GTA frustrated by multiple, abrupt moves between hotels

TORONTO - Sayed Enaiatullah Najafizada and his wife are frustrated. The Afghan refugees are facing the prospect of being moved between hotels in the Greater Toronto Area for the fourth time since arri...

Nov 11, 2021

Hajdu looking at 'realistic timeline' to end First Nations boil-water advisories

OTTAWA - Canada's new minister of Indigenous services says she's considering what the new timeline should be to lift remaining long-term drinking-water advisories on First Nations. Patty Hajdu enters ...

Nov 11, 2021

Trudeau calls for clearing cyberspace of hate, disinformation at peace forum

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is telling an international audience that hate speech, disinformation and online extremism can't be allowed to prevent people from enjoying the freedom that cybe...

Nov 11, 2021

105 containers that fell off cargo ship believed to have sunk: coast guard

VICTORIA - The Canadian Coast Guard says it believes that many, if not all, of the 109 containers that fell from a cargo ship off Victoria in late October have sunk. The containers were tossed from th...

Tanner King Nov 11, 2021

Canadian veteran helps Afghan interpreter and his family escape Taliban rule

This Remembrance Day, the first since Afghanistan fell to Taliban forces in the summer, will be difficult for Canadians who fought in the Middle Eastern country, says a veteran who served two missions...

Nov 11, 2021

Military faces cold weather issues as it pumps clean drinking water in Iqaluit

IQALUIT, Nunavut - A flowing river that turns to solid ice in October, freezing pipes and frosty arctic temperatures are all routine for Nunavummiut. But those issues were a first for a water treatmen...

Nov 11, 2021

Quebec zoo owner pleads guilty to animal welfare violations, criminal charges dropped

MONTREAL - The former owner of a zoo in central Quebec has pleaded guilty to animal welfare offences, but will avoid criminal charges. Normand Trahan pleaded guilty to four infractions today under Que...

Nov 11, 2021