Category Archives: Canada

Kovrig and Spavor on way back to Canada after nearly three years detention in China
Canadians Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig were free and bound for home late Friday after being imprisoned in China for nearly three years, while Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou was heading in the othe...
Sep 24, 2021

Police looking at new Calgary MP after video appears to show flyer swap on doorstep
Calgary police are investigating a newly elected Liberal member of Parliament after he was captured on a doorbell camera appearing to remove his opponent's campaign flyer. George Chahal, a former city...
Sep 24, 2021

Canadian Catholic bishops 'apologize unequivocally' for residential schools
OTTAWA - Catholic bishops in Canada are apologizing "unequivocally" to Indigenous Peoples for the suffering endured in residential schools, just as Pope Francis prepares to meet with Indigenous leader...
Sep 24, 2021

Fade to blue: Mountain lakes lose unique colour due to climate change, says study
The distinctive milky turquoise of mountain lakes is going the way of the glaciers that feed them, according to new research. "A lot of the turquoise glacial lakes in the Canadian Rockies are clearing...
Sep 24, 2021

Top court kicks back question of sealed docs in quashed murder case to lower court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has kept alive the CBC's efforts to unseal evidence pertaining to a now-quashed murder conviction from more than 30 years ago. The top court ruled Friday that the ...
Sep 24, 2021

Residents of Saugeen First Nation given expired COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for weeks
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation says Indigenous Services Canada gave residents expired doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 between Aug. 9 and Sept. 15. According to a statement from the ...
Sep 24, 2021

New Brunswick reimposes state of emergency amid sudden surge in COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has reimposed a state of emergency as the province's hospitals struggle to keep pace with a surge in COVID-19 infections. The province has recorded 866 new cases so far thi...
Sep 24, 2021

Thousands of mail ballots still to be counted: 12 ridings started tally Friday
OTTAWA - The final federal election result may be delayed until the weekend - or even longer - because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted. Twelve ridings did not start counting mail...
Sep 24, 2021

Ex-MP Adam Vaughan urges successor Vuong to resign, not sit as independent MP
OTTAWA - The former Liberal MP for Spadina-Fort York is urging his newly elected successor, Kevin Vuong, to resign. Vuong was dropped as the Liberal candidate in the downtown Toronto riding just two d...
Sep 24, 2021

'People will suffer and will die': Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill...
Sep 24, 2021