Category Archives: Canada

Most Canadians in favour of vaccine passports for non-essential activities: poll
TORONTO - A majority of Canadians support a system that would require proof of vaccination to access some non-essential services, a new poll suggests as the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic takes ...
Aug 20, 2021

Court dismisses appeal from B.C. man convicted in 1983 child murder
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous man who spent 37 years claiming his innocence in the murder of a toddler is going back to prison after losing his appeal in British Columbia's highest court. A three-member p...
Aug 19, 2021

Experts praise Montreal's single-use plastics plan but say Canada has far to go
MONTREAL - Environmental experts are praising Montreal's decision to ban some kinds of single-use plastics, but they say Canada is still a long way from being plastic-free despite government promises....
Aug 19, 2021

N.S. legislature increases Black, female presence, still has no Indigenous member
HALIFAX - The representation of Black and female members has risen notably in Nova Scotia's legislature following Tuesday's provincial election, but no one who identifies as Indigenous was elected in ...
Aug 19, 2021

COVID-19: Quebec minister slams anti-vaccine passport protesters wearing yellow star
MONTREAL - Quebec's minister for the fight against racism is denouncing protesters who he said wore yellow stars at a protest earlier this week against the government's vaccine passport system. People...
Aug 19, 2021

Quebec to create specialized court for victims of sexual and conjugal violence
MONTREAL - Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette says the provincial government will set up a special court to hear cases involving sexual and conjugal violence. Jolin-Barrette said in a news r...
Aug 19, 2021

Day parole denied again for man who strangled wife, buried body in their Calgary home
BOWDEN, ALBERTA - A man who strangled his wife and cemented her body in a basement wall has again been denied day parole eight months before his statutory release from prison. Allan Shyback was convic...
Aug 19, 2021

Quebec provincial police say suspect arrested after officer shot during traffic stop
SAINTE-MARIE-DE-BEAUCE, Que. - A 54-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the shooting of a provincial police officer during a traffic stop Wednesday morning south of Quebec City. The susp...
Aug 19, 2021

Canadian Armed Forces personnel, assets on the ground in Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Canadian Armed Forces assets and personnel have arrived on the ground in Afghanistan to co-ordinate at the tactical level with the United States and other allied partners, Prime Minister Just...
Aug 19, 2021

Total active wildfires climb in B.C., but crews exploit cooler weather in fire fight
Crews are making progress against several destructive wildfires in British Columbia even as the latest statistics show the total number of fires in the province is edging toward 300 again. Data from t...
Aug 19, 2021