Canada

Amid spike in gun violence, Montreal groups call for different approach to problem

MONTREAL - As police in the Montreal area deal with a jump in gun violence linked to street gang clashes, community workers are calling for decision makers to focus on the root of the problem. This we...

Aug 14, 2021

UBC researchers map Pacific salmon habitat, finding much is lost or inaccessible

VANCOUVER - Pacific salmon can no longer access hundreds of kilometres of spawning streams or floodplain habitat after decades of urban, agricultural and resource development around British Columbia's...

Aug 14, 2021

University of Saskatchewan mandates vaccination for its staff and students

SASKATOON - The University of Saskatchewan has joined a growing number of post-secondary institutions in the country requiring staff and students to be vaccinated for COVID-19 before returning to camp...

Aug 13, 2021

Here's how the federal leaders will pitch voters as an election campaign kicks off

OTTAWA - The lines of attack have been traced for months, but now federal parties' battle plans are poised to go into effect with an election campaign set to kick off Sunday. The Liberals hope to tout...

Aug 13, 2021

Profs hope Ontario campus vaccine mandates will have 'domino' effect across Canada

TORONTO - The decisions of several top-tier universities to make COVID-19 vaccination a requirement to return to campus is putting added pressure on holdouts to follow suit, with some professors hopin...

Aug 13, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine to be mandatory for federal employees, many travellers

Ottawa will require federal employees, workers in federally regulated industries and many travellers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, marking an "evolution" in the government's position on vaccine m...

Aug 13, 2021

Leave blueberries for animals, Parks Canada tells pickers on St. John's landmark

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - People in Newfoundland and Labrador's capital are tossing their plastic buckets in exasperation after a request from Parks Canada to stop picking blueberries on Signal Hill. The fed...

Aug 13, 2021

Former federal defence minister Paul Hellyer dies at 98

Paul Theodore Hellyer, the influential former federal defence minister, has died at the age of 98. Hellyer fell and struck his head on June 19, losing the ability to walk and temporarily losing the ab...

Aug 13, 2021

O'Toole seeks intervener status in government's court battle to shield lab documents

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is seeking to intervene in a Federal Court case where the Liberal government is trying to shield documents related to the firing of two scientists from Canada...

Aug 13, 2021

Who fires the starter's pistol for an election in Canada? Five things to know

OTTAWA - It's not like in the United States, where election day occurs like clockwork on the same week every four years - and has since before Canada was a country. North of the 49th parallel, the mec...

Aug 13, 2021