Category Archives: Canada
Two travellers from U.S. fined $20,000 each for fake vaccination documents
TORONTO - Two travellers who arrived in Toronto from the United States have been fined for providing fake COVID-19 proof of vaccination documents and lying about pre-departure tests. The Public Health...
Jul 30, 2021
Nunavut to let unvaccinated dependants isolate in territory
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Unvaccinated dependants travelling to Nunavut with their parents or guardians be allowed to complete their isolation in the territory starting Monday. Those who left Nunavut with th...
Jul 30, 2021
An ocean menace: study finds ghost gear capturing species at risk and lobster
HALIFAX - A new study says lost and discarded fishing gear dumped off the southwestern coast of Nova Scotia - site of Canada's most lucrative lobster fishery - is trapping species at risk. Researchers...
Jul 30, 2021
Federal modelling warns of fourth COVID wave driven by Delta if reopening is too fast
Federal officials are warning that Canada could be on the brink of a fourth wave of COVID-19 driven by the highly contagious Delta variant if the country opens too fast before enough people have been ...
Jul 30, 2021
Alberta taking 'risky gamble' by ending COVID isolation: Canadian Paediatric Society
CALGARY - The Canadian Paediatric Society has written an open letter to Alberta's top doctor urging her to reconsider lifting isolation and testing requirements to curb the spread of COVID-19. Close c...
Jul 30, 2021
Copyright collective can't force tariffs on university, Supreme Court rules
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says a copyright collective cannot force York University to pay specific tariffs for the use of published works in the classroom. In its unanimous decision today, ...
Jul 30, 2021
Freeland says Liberals will extend aid programs to October because of uneven rebound
OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says the government is extending pandemic aid programs by an extra month beyond the previously planned end date. The decision means that wage and rent subsi...
Jul 30, 2021
Canadian women mine more Olympic gold and B.C.'s killer heat: In The News for July 30
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 July 30 ... What we are watching on the world ...
Jul 30, 2021
Statistics Canada to give early glimpse of how economy fared in second quarter
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the economy fared in May and give its early estimate on the second quarter of the year. Last month, the agency said its preliminary estimate was that real...
Jul 30, 2021
Ottawa drummer squirrelled away 1968 Joni Mitchell tape recorded by Jimi Hendrix
OTTAWA - An Ottawa drummer with a passion for collecting reel-to-reel tapes deserves applause for the coming release of a Joni Mitchell performance recorded over half a century ago by none other than ...
Jul 30, 2021