Canada

Decorations get super-sized for second pandemic-era Halloween

An unfamiliar noise hums in the late-October air on evening strolls through some Canadian neighbourhoods. It's not the whooshing of witches on brooms overhead, the howling of werewolves or the lament ...

Aaron Schulze Oct 30, 2021

Manitoba's governing Tories pick new leader during controversy over ballots

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's governing Progressive Conservatives are to choose a new party leader today who will become the province's next premier. Party members are deciding between former health minister ...

Oct 30, 2021

'We can hardly keep up': Education key to combat human trafficking, experts say

VANCOUVER - More education in human trafficking is needed across Canada to combat the growing issue, which has been made worse by the COVID-19 pandemic, experts say. Julie Jones, a former police detec...

Oct 30, 2021

Trudeau expected to add more doses to Canada's vaccine donations at the G20 today

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce added donations of vaccines today for developing countries at the G20 meeting in Rome. COVID-19 and climate change will dominate most dis...

Oct 29, 2021

B.C. Premier John Horgan recovering well after biopsy surgery, office says

VICTORIA - The premier's office in British Columbia says John Horgan is recovering well after undergoing biopsy surgery for a growth in his throat. It says in a statement that Friday's surgery was suc...

Oct 29, 2021

Health region cautions staff that motive unclear in hospital attack, homicides

WINNIPEG - The president of the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority is cautioning workers that a motive remains unclear for a stabbing at a hospital, which police believe is linked to two killings. Pol...

Oct 29, 2021

Liberals raise record $7.6 million in third quarter amid ramped-up election spending

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are touting what they call their best fundraising quarter in the party's history. Liberal national director Azam Ishmael says more than 57,000 contributors coughed up $7....

Oct 29, 2021

FDA approves kids' COVID-19 vaccine in U.S., Canada likely close behind

OTTAWA - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, and Canada could be close behind. The FDA confirmed the vaccine was more th...

Oct 29, 2021

Star Trek actor wishes B.C. premier 'warp speed' recovery after biopsy surgery

VICTORIA - British Columbia's premier, a "Star Trek" fan and self-professed member of the New Democrats' "Geek Caucus," has received well wishes from a Starfleet captain ahead of undergoing biopsy sur...

Oct 29, 2021

Ship fire out, but search continues for lost containers from vessel off B.C.'s coast

VICTORIA - A fire that burned for nearly a week on the container ship anchored off Victoria's waterfront has been put out. A statement from Danaos Shipping Co., the manager of the MV Zim Kingston, say...

Oct 29, 2021