Canada

Royal Winnipeg Ballet agrees to $10M settlement over instructor's photographs

WINNIPEG - A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet over allegations a former teacher and photographer took intimate photos of students and released th...

Jan 05, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontario businesses are dealing with another round of pandemic-related closures and capacity restrictions , but details of financial support remain scant...

Jan 05, 2022

Iran snubs another deadline in PS752 crash as families call for action

OTTAWA - Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago. And th...

Jan 05, 2022

More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come

OTTAWA - Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door. In 2021 Canada promised t...

Jan 05, 2022

Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP

OTTAWA - Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP's critic for economic devel...

Jan 05, 2022

Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot

WASHINGTON - Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart. Thursday marks...

Jan 05, 2022

Conservatives ask privacy czar to probe pandemic-related use of mobile location data

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is asking Canada's privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter t...

Jan 05, 2022

Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group

OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...

Jan 05, 2022

Air Transat to deny boarding to passengers from Sunwing party flight to Mexico

MONTREAL - Air Transat says passengers who were partying maskless on a recent Sunwing flight from Montreal to Mexico will not be allowed on its planes as they attempt to return to Canada. The airline ...

Jan 05, 2022

Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mo...

Jan 05, 2022