Category Archives: Canada
Montreal police ready as Canadiens, Lightning square off ahead of do-or-die Game 4
Montreal Canadiens faithful are expected to gather across the city tonight, hoping their team can prolong the Stanley Cup final against the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Lightning lead the best-of-seven se...
Jul 05, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 5, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 12:45 p.m. New Brunswick is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. Health officials say it involves a person in their 20s in ...
Jul 05, 2021
Out-of-province fire crews, armed forces, heading to B.C. to help with wildfires
Firefighting teams from Ontario and New Brunswick are arriving in British Columbia to assist with devastating wildfires. The BC Wildfire Service says the nearly 100 out-of-province members must pass C...
Jul 05, 2021
Canada to receive 3.7 million more COVID-19 doses this week
OTTAWA - The federal government is expecting to receive 3.7 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week, bringing the total of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries above 53.7 million doses. The new deliv...
Jul 05, 2021
Border restrictions to begin easing, slowly, for fully vaccinated Canadian travellers
WASHINGTON - After nearly 16 months of rigid travel restrictions, Canada is finally starting to loosen the rules - but only for a specific few. Effective Monday, fully vaccinated Canadians and permane...
Jul 05, 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 05, 2021
'Figure of hope' praised for role in COVID-19 fight after death
MONTREAL - A Quebec woman who was the first person in Canada to receive a COVID-19 vaccine has died. Gisele Lvesque, 89, died on June 28 peacefully of natural causes, surrounded by family, according t...
Jul 04, 2021
Lytton, B.C., fire shows 'minimal' growth in past day: wildfire service
LYTTON, B.C. - The BC Wildfire Service says there has been minimal growth in a fire that destroyed much of the village of Lytton, B.C., in the past day. The service says the fire has remained roughly ...
Jul 04, 2021
'Hurts so much:' Over 1,000 Nunavut children on wait-list for dental surgery
IQALUIT, Nunavut - A Nunavut woman says her 12-year-old son lost 15 pounds while waiting to have a tooth removed this year. The boy in Rankin Inlet was recently one of more than 1,000 children on the ...
Jul 04, 2021
Tory MP fighting gay 'blood ban' says Parliament could have worked 'better' on C-6
OTTAWA - Eric Duncan has spoken more about his sexuality in the past two years than he says he has in his entire 33. The Conservative member of Parliament has talked openly in the House of Commons abo...
Jul 04, 2021