Canada

'Haiti has been hell lately': Quebec Haitian diaspora reacts to president's killing

MONTREAL - Quebecers of Haitian descent reacted with shock and worry on Wednesday to the assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moise. Nicholson Poulard, a Montreal-based information technology wo...

Jul 07, 2021

Businesses across Canada considering proof of COVID-19 vaccination: privacy lawyer

TORONTO - A Toronto-based privacy lawyer says businesses across Canada are considering putting policies in place that would require customers to provide proof of COVID-19 vaccination before receiving ...

Jul 07, 2021

Liberals set August date for one-time $500 payment to seniors aged 75 and older

OTTAWA - The Liberal government has set a date for its one-time payment to older seniors this summer. Seniors Minister Deb Schulte says Canadians who are 75 as of next July will receive $500 during th...

Jul 07, 2021

Ottawa plans to teach non-racialized Canadians about systemic racism in new campaign

OTTAWA - The federal government plans to launch a national ad campaign aimed at making more white Canadians knowledgeable about systemic racism. Launching a public education and awareness campaign is ...

Jul 07, 2021

Man who stabbed B.C. high schoolers ineligible for parole for 16 years

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A man who fatally stabbed a teenage girl in her high school's rotunda in Abbotsford, B.C., in 2016 will not be eligible to apply for parole for 16 years, after a judge ruled th...

Jul 07, 2021

Hungry caterpillars stripping trees in Quebec, Ontario and on Montreal's Mount Royal

MONTREAL - Biologists are tracking the spread of a bumper crop of hungry caterpillars that are eating their way through some of Quebec and Ontario's best-known green spaces. An entomologist with the M...

Jul 07, 2021

Officers called to Victoria apartment to corral boa constrictor on the loose

Victoria police say they are looking for the owner of a large snake found on the loose at a downtown apartment complex. Const. Cam MacIntyre says police were called Tuesday night after a resident repo...

Jul 07, 2021

Half of COVID-19 patients report symptoms after 12 weeks, says new PHAC review

OTTAWA - A new review by the Public Health Agency of Canada says more than half of COVID-19 patients might suffer from post-COVID syndrome for more than three months after testing positive. The review...

Jul 07, 2021

Nova Scotia premier responds to new questions about drunk driving charge in 2005

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's premier faced fresh questions today about what happened in the summer of 2005 when he was arrested for allegedly driving drunk. Iain Rankin confirmed Monday he had been convict...

Jul 07, 2021

'Melted, incinerated' infrastructure found as wildfire damage rated in Lytton, B.C.

LYTTON, B.C. - A statement issued on behalf of the wildfire-ravaged Village of Lytton underscores the extreme challenges facing the Fraser Canyon community as its rebuilds. It says flames tore through...

Greg Fry Jul 07, 2021