Category Archives: Canada

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy added 94,000 jobs in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 94,000 jobs in July as restrictions meant to quell the COVID-19 pandemic were rolled back in many provinces. The unemployment rate was 7.5 per cent fo...
Aug 06, 2021

No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021

Court tosses former Yukon cabinet minister's bid to overturn tie vote
WHITEHORSE - The results of the Yukon election stand after a former cabinet minister who lost her seat in a tie vote also lost her bid to overturn the election result in court. Liberal Pauline Frost c...
Aug 05, 2021

Chief public health officer says voting can be done safely despite pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer is confident people will be able to cast ballots safely in an expected federal election, despite a fourth wave of COVID-19 fuelled by the highly contagiou...
Aug 05, 2021

Indigenous lobster fishing boats cut loose from wharf in Nova Scotia: First Nation
WEYMOUTH NORTH, N.S. - A First Nation in Nova Scotia says nine of its lobster fishing boats were purposely cut loose from a wharf earlier today. The chief of the Sipekne'katik First Nation, Mike Sack,...
Aug 05, 2021

Montreal-area parents worry they have been duped by promoter of robot dinosaur show
MONTREAL - Anne-Marie Binette bought a $62 family pack of tickets last month for a robot dinosaur exhibition that was advertised for Montreal's south shore this fall. Jurassic Fest Montreal was sold b...
Aug 05, 2021

New evacuations ordered as B.C. wildfire flares, but rain possible this weekend
VANCOUVER - The BC Wildfire Service says more than 100 new fires have broken out this week in British Columbia as lightning storms and a return to hot weather helped push the number of active fires to...
Aug 05, 2021

Some federal workers may be required to get COVID-19 vaccine: Prime Minister Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he is considering making COVID-19 vaccinations mandatory for some federally regulated workplaces such as airlines. It is the first time Trudeau has openly s...
Aug 05, 2021

Quebec premier announces vaccine passport system after rise in COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Franois Legault says the government will impose a vaccine passport system following a recent rise in COVID-19 infections. Legault said today that Health Minister Christian Du...
Aug 05, 2021

Canada, U.S. business leaders urge Congress to demand to see northern border plan
WASHINGTON - A group of U.S. and Canadian business leaders is pushing Congress for a plan to ease restrictions at the land border with Canada. The group, led by the North American Strategy for Competi...
Aug 05, 2021