Canada

Saskatchewan planning to send critical COVID-19 patients to Ontario

REGINA - Saskatchewan is preparing to send some of its critical COVID-19 patients to Ontario as its hospitals are over capacity. Saskatchewan Health Authority CEO Scott Livingstone said Wednesday that...

Oct 13, 2021

Canada leads world with pledge to curb methane leaks from oil and gas sector

OTTAWA - Canada is nearly doubling its target to cut methane emissions from the oil and gas sector as it prepares to sign a new global pledge at next month's climate talks in Scotland. The United Stat...

Oct 13, 2021

'It's been too long': Canadian travelers welcome news of U.S. land border reopening

Canadians with family in the United States expressed relief Wednesday at the prospect of soon being able to drive across the border to visit their loved ones. Betty Chaborek, who turned 77 on Wednesda...

Oct 13, 2021

Canadians cheer, Freeland urges caution as U.S. unveils land border travel plan

WASHINGTON - A motley coalition of elected officials, bilateral business leaders and travellers-turned-lobbyists briefly cheered the coming reprieve from restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border Wednesd...

Oct 13, 2021

Safety board releasing results of investigation into wildfire in Lytton, B.C.

RICHMOND, B.C. - The Transportation Safety Board will release the results of its investigation into the possibility that a freight train might have started a wildfire that destroyed the community of L...

Oct 13, 2021

Mayors ask federal Liberals for help covering transit shortfalls

OTTAWA - The mayors of Canada's largest cities say they need federal aid to cover tens of millions in ridership revenue shortfalls to stave off a stalling of the country's economic recovery. The COVID...

Oct 13, 2021

B.C. civil rights group sues federal government over prolonged confinement in prisons

VANCOUVER - A civil liberties group has filed a lawsuit against the federal government over prolonged solitary confinement two years after British Columbia's top court ruled it is a violation of priso...

Greg Fry Oct 13, 2021

Iqaluit residents collect river water, city fills up tanks as tap water may be unsafe

Iqaluit residents are filling jugs and bottles at a river outside the city after they were told tap water in the Nunavut capital may be unsafe to drink. The city declared a local state of emergency la...

Oct 13, 2021

'They are trying to kill us': Alberta city at odds with homeless outreach group

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - An outreach worker and a nurse lean overan orange mesh fence to speak to a woman on the other side as tents flap in the cold wind at a homeless camp in central Alberta. Someone is ...

Oct 13, 2021

Canada to make special envoy on antisemitism a permanent post, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Canada plans to make its special envoy for preserving Holocaust remembrance and fighting antisemitism a permanent position. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is making the announcement today in a...

Oct 13, 2021