Category Archives: Canada

Alberta post-secondary schools cancel in-person classes as new COVID rules kick in
EDMONTON - At least eight post-secondary schools in Alberta are temporarily cancelling in-person classes as they work to adapt to a new range of provincial COVID-19 health restrictions. On-line learni...
Sep 16, 2021

Nothing to see here, Canada says of Five Eyes alliance despite absence from sub deal
WASHINGTON - The federal government insists a new intelligence deal between three key allies won't diminish Canada's ability to defend its own interests in the Indo-Pacific region. The White House is ...
Sep 16, 2021

On the campaign trail, new COVID rules in Alberta : In The News for Sept. 16
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 Sept. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 16, 2021

Trudeau in Quebec, O'Toole in N.B., N.S., Singh in Ontario
With less than a week to go before Monday's federal election, the three main party leaders are continuing their tour of Eastern and Central Canada. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau is back home in Montre...
Sep 16, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta to bring in COVID-19 passport, declares health emergency
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing a COVID-19 crisis that is collapsing the province's health-care system, says his government will implement a vaccine passport. Kenney is also declaring a state of ...
Sep 15, 2021

Climate change cited as reason to deny injunction extension over logging in B.C.
NANAIMO, B.C. - A lawyer representing a man opposed to the extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over old-growth logging says the B.C. Supreme Court should keep in mind public concerns o...
Sep 15, 2021

Refugee claimants take Safe Third Country Agreement appeal to Supreme Court
OTTAWA - Refugee claimants and their advocates are asking the Supreme Court of Canada to review a decision that affirmed the constitutionality of a key pact between Ottawa and Washington on asylum see...
Sep 15, 2021

Montreal care home doctor worried about lack of staff as COVID-19 hit, coroner hears
MONTREAL - A doctor who treated residents of a Montreal-area care home where dozens of patients died of COVID-19 says she was concerned about the lack of staff and personal protective equipment at the...
Sep 15, 2021

Desmond inquiry: former soldier sought counselling the same day he killed his family
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Less than a month before Lionel Desmond killed his wife, mother, daughter and himself in 2017, the Afghanistan war veteran called a community group near his home in Nova Scotia...
Sep 15, 2021

First Nation opens water treatment plant, ending decades-old drinking water advisory
SHOAL LAKE, ONTARIO, CANADA - Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is welcoming clean, running water for the first time in nearly 25 years. The First Nation on the Manitoba-Ontario boundary is celebrating today...
Sep 15, 2021