Category Archives: Canada
Yukon announces mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for a wide range of workers
WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver says the COVID-19 vaccine will be mandatory for a wide range of workers in the territory starting Nov. 30. Silver says all government employees and front-line h...
Oct 15, 2021
Meteorite found in B.C. could shed light on solar system's origin says physicist
LONDON, Ont. - A small, angular rock that one Canadian physicist says looks like a chunk of black cheese has the potential to help scientists understand how the early solar system formed. Peter G. Bro...
Oct 15, 2021
New electoral boundaries strip Quebec of a seat, gives Alberta 3 more
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says Quebec will lose one seat in the next redistribution of federal ridings in Canada. Overall, the number of seats in the House of Commons will increase by four to 342 seat...
Oct 15, 2021
Alberta technical college ordered to pay former teacher who was fired for pregnancy
EDMONTON - A human rights commission has ordered the Alberta Pipe Trade College to pay $35,000 to a former instructor who was fired because she was pregnant. The decision from the Human Rights Tribuna...
Oct 15, 2021
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Tk'emlúps te Secwepemc in B.C. next week
OTTAWA - The Tk'emlps te Secwepemc First Nation in British Columbia says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit next Monday. The Oct. 18 trip follows his apology to Chief Rosanne Casimir for not hav...
Oct 15, 2021
Canada heading for flu season in the middle of fourth wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor warns the country could be heading for its first typical flu season since the pandemic began, even as health systems are still battling the fourth wave of COVID-19. Last y...
Oct 15, 2021
Recount in the Toronto riding stopped, as Liberals are confirmed as victors
OTTAWA - Elections Canada says a ballot recount in the federal Toronto riding of Davenport has been halted, with the Liberals confirmed as winners. The New Democrats asked that votes be recounted afte...
Oct 15, 2021
N.B. government employees ordered to stop making Indigenous land acknowledgments
FREDERICTON - Government employees in New Brunswick have been ordered to stop making territorial or title acknowledgments in reference to First Nations lands. In a memo issued Thursday to all governme...
Oct 15, 2021
White House says U.S. land borders to reopen to vaccinated travellers Nov. 8
WASHINGTON - A White House official says the U.S. will announce today that it will reopen its land borders to vaccinated non-essential visitors on Nov. 8. The official, speaking on condition of anonym...
Oct 15, 2021
Trudeau to unveil new cabinet Oct. 26, Parliament to return Nov. 22
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will unveil on Oct. 26 the roster of cabinet ministers who will shepherd his government into a third mandate focused on finishing the fight against COVID-19 and ...
Oct 15, 2021