Canada

Quebec coroner outraged by delay in getting nurses to hard-hit Résidence Herron

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner says she is appalled by the amount of time it took to get nurses to a suburban Montreal long-term care home where 47 people died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pande...

Sep 10, 2021

'We focused on remembering our dad': the grief and growth of a family ravaged by 9/11

Garrett Doyle was only one when his father was killed in the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, but the loss would have a profound effect on his life. In elementary school, teachers...

Sep 10, 2021

Immunocompromised should receive 3rd COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: immunization panel

OTTAWA - A national advisory panel recommends people who are immunocompromised receive a third vaccine dose against COVID-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization released the advice today ...

Sep 10, 2021

Federal leaders back on the hustings after back-to-back debates

OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are back on the campaign trail after locking horns in two back-to-back leaders' debates, while Canadians started voting in advance polls. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was ea...

Sep 10, 2021

PG 's jobless numbers head in the wrong direction

PRINCE GEORGE- Statistics Canada number crunchers show the economy added 90,000 jobs in August, the third consecutive monthly increase.The national unemployment rate fell to 7.1 per cent for the month...

Sep 10, 2021

Hurricane Larry headed for eastern Newfoundland where gusts could reach 140 km/h

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As hurricane Larry churns its way toward eastern Newfoundland, residents of the Avalon Peninsula are being warned to brace for hurricane-force winds gusting at 140 kilometres per ho...

Sep 10, 2021

The English debate and a Canadian star lights up New York: In The News for Sept. 10

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 10, 2021

Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees

VANCOUVER - Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help. Rezayee, who made history as one of Afghanist...

Sep 10, 2021

Former B.C. lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos

VANCOUVER - A former director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering office says he is the "whistleblower" that likely prompted the public inquiry examining how hundreds o...

Sep 09, 2021

The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate

The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...

Sep 09, 2021