Canada

Demand increasing: Canadian Blood Services watching supply as COVID-19 rules eased

CALGARY - A return to a somewhat normal summer as COVID-19 restrictions are eased is putting a strain on Canada's blood supply. Several provinces have started lifting restrictions - most notably Alber...

Jul 29, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 28, 2021

Mounties investigating historical death at children's home in northern Saskatchewan

REGINA - Mounties say they are investigating allegations someone died in 1974 at a northern Saskatchewan home where children who went to residential school lived. RCMP say they received a complaint in...

Jul 28, 2021

N.S. Liberal leader faces barrage of attacks on health care early on during debate

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia Liberal Leader Iain Rankin was forced to defend his party's record on health care Wednesday evening during the first leaders debate of the provincial election. Progressive Conser...

Jul 28, 2021

Restrictions back in B.C. region as COVID-19 cases rapidly rising

KELOWNA, B.C. - Health officials have reinstated COVID-19 restrictions in part of British Columbia's Interior health region where an outbreak led to rapidly spreading infection driven primarily by unv...

Jul 28, 2021

Veterans, Afghan interpreters demand clarity, help as Taliban threat looms larger

OTTAWA - Afghan interpreters and Canadian veterans say the Immigration Department is failing Afghans who worked with Canada in the war-torn country, despite an announcement last week to fast-track the...

Jul 28, 2021

First Nations group says all residential schools need to be investigated

WINNIPEG - A First Nations advocacy group in Manitoba is urging RCMP across the country to open criminal investigations into all former residential schools for possible abuses. The Southern Chiefs' Or...

Jul 28, 2021

Nunavut to drop its mask mandate Friday, more than a month after COVID-19 outbreak

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says people living in the territory will no longer be required to wear masks starting Friday, but he says they are still strongly encouraged. D...

Jul 28, 2021

Quebec court awards $47,000 in damages to conjugal violence victim

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $47,000 to a victim of conjugal violence in a recent ruling, a type of legal remedy advocates say they hope will become more common in domestic viol...

Jul 28, 2021

Calgary Stampede linked to 71 COVID-19 cases; community spread from event unknown

CALGARY - Alberta Health says 71 cases of COVID-19 are likely to have been acquired at the Calgary Stampede but community spread as a result of those cases is unknown. Ministry spokesman Tom McMillan ...

Jul 28, 2021