Canada

Delta variant prompts B.C.to make vaccinations mandatory for seniors' care staff

VICTORIA - A surge in COVID-19 cases spurred by the Delta variant is prompting British Columbia health officials to enact mandatory vaccine requirements for all staff and volunteers at long-term care ...

Aug 12, 2021

Battle between Liberals, admiral heats up as cabinet orders McDonald to stay on leave

OTTAWA - Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan says Admiral Art McDonald will remain on leave rather than return as commander of the Canadian Armed Forces. Sajjan's announcement follows what a senior governm...

Aug 12, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Trudeau expected to trigger fall election this weekend

whOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is intending to visit Gov. Gen. Mary Simon on Sunday and ask her to dissolve Parliament, triggering an election.The expectation is that the election would take...

Aug 12, 2021

Quebec judge fails in bid to appeal reprimand over comments about sex assault victim

OTTAWA - A former Quebec court judge has failed in his attempt to overturn a reprimand he received over comments suggesting a 17-year-old victim of sexual assault might have been a flattered by the in...

Aug 12, 2021

'Cheering for the mammoth': Scientists retrace the steps of 17,000 year-old animal

More than 17,000 years ago, a woolly mammoth roamed enough of the Alaskan landscape to circle the Earth twice. That's according to a new paper from an international team of researchers who retraced th...

Aug 12, 2021

Judge reserves decision to exclude evidence in cannabis cupcake court martial in N.B.

OROMOCTO, N.B. - A military judge has reserved her decision on an application to exclude evidence at the court martial of a New Brunswick soldier accused of giving cannabis-laced cupcakes to a group o...

Aug 12, 2021

Canada in 4th wave, top doc says days ahead of expected election call

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says the country is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Theresa Tam's assessment follows a troubling surge in new cases over t...

Aug 12, 2021

Quebec man charged with first-degree murder after woman killed at shopping centre

MONTREAL - A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was stabbed at a shopping centre Wednesday east of Montreal. Marc-Andr Houle, 43, appeared briefly by videoconference to...

Aug 12, 2021

Report: Trudeau planning to call election for September

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning to send Canadians to the polls September 20. According to a Reuters news agency report, Trudeau will make the announcement Sunday.An election call ha...

Aug 12, 2021

Dogs trained to detect COVID-19 in Vancouver health-care facilities

VANCOUVER - Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19. The canine scent detection program at Vancouver Coastal Hea...

Aug 12, 2021