Canada

B.C.'s COVID-19 vaccine card system good first step, medical group says

VANCOUVER - The head of a group representing British Columbia doctors says the province's COVID-19 vaccine passport system makes sense and is a good first step in driving up vaccination rates. Dr. Mat...

Sep 08, 2021

Montreal police say 63-year-old homicide victim known for drug trafficking

Montreal police say a man killed in a parking garage in the city's east end was known to authorities for drug trafficking. Police identified the victim today as 63-year-old Piero Arena in an update to...

Sep 08, 2021

Hurricane Larry's track shifts west, residents of Newfoundland warned to prepare

HALIFAX - Hurricane Larry could make landfall in eastern Newfoundland late Friday or early Saturday, but even if its centre misses the island, the province can expect large waves and plenty of rain an...

Sep 08, 2021

Quebec coroner's inquest hears of staff shortages at nursing home where dozens died

MONTREAL - A doctor told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was extremely understaffed in the early...

Sep 08, 2021

Ninety-seven-year-old dies in blaze at Montreal seniors residence

Montreal police say a 97-year-old woman died in a fire at a retirement home on Tuesday in northeastern Montreal. Police confirmed today the victim died of her injuries a few hours after being transpor...

Sep 08, 2021

'Gasps all around:' New Burgess Shale fossil sheds light on the evolution of bigness

It was getting late and the team of paleontologists excavating a previously unexplored outcrop of the Burgess Shale was ready to call it a day. A camera crew filming the dig in Kootenay National Park ...

Sep 08, 2021

French federal debate and BoC interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 8

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. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Greg Fry Sep 08, 2021

Learning about 9/11: Attacks part of identity, racism lesson in Canadian classrooms

Most undergraduate students sitting in a class about Canada's military history at the University of Calgary have never known or can't remember a world before Sept. 11, 2001. David Bercuson, an associa...

Sep 08, 2021

RCMP decides against apology to Black community for excessive Halifax street checks

HALIFAX - The RCMP says there will be no formal apology to Halifax's Black communities for its heavy use of street checks, despite the Halifax regional police having done so almost two years ago. Stre...

Sep 08, 2021

Tonight's French debate, Thursday's English debate pivotal for federal leaders

OTTAWA - Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20. With less ...

Sep 08, 2021