Canada

B.C. business operators cautiously excited about return to near-normal

VANCOUVER - The buzz of full restaurants and tills ringing will start to become familiar on Thursday as British Columbia largely returns to the rhythms of pre-pandemic life. While businesses are excit...

Jul 01, 2021

Canada Day dawns as country reckons with horrific legacy of residential schools

OTTAWA - The country's second pandemic-shaded Canada Day is underway, with events again scaled back due to COVID-19, or cancelled as Canadians reckon with the horrific legacy of residential schools on...

Jul 01, 2021

This moving day, Quebec housing shortages no longer just a big-city problem

MONTREAL - It isn't easy to find an apartment in St-Donat, Que., these days, much less an affordable one. An influx of city dwellers seeking more space has caused housing demand to surge in the commun...

Jul 01, 2021

Canadiens expected to get Ducharme back behind bench for Game 3, down 2-0 to Bolts

The Montreal Canadiens are heading home in search of their first win in the Stanley Cup final. And while they may not have permission for extra help in the stands, they are expected to have it behind ...

Jun 30, 2021

Wildfire leads to evacuation order in B.C. town that set Canadian heat wave record

LYTTON, B.C. - Residents of the British Columbia village of Lytton have been ordered to evacuate their homes due to a wildfire. Mayor Jan Polderman of Lytton issued the evacuation order and says on Tw...

Jun 30, 2021

Annamie Paul to face non-confidence vote by party brass in less than three weeks

OTTAWA - Green Leader Annamie Paul is facing a non-confidence vote from party executives next month as internal strife continues to roil the party ahead of a possible election this year. Liana Cusmano...

Jun 30, 2021

Body of man found in septic tank in 1977 identified using genetic genealogy: RCMP

EDMONTON - RCMP say they have identified a man whose burned body was found in a septic tank on an abandoned Alberta farm 44 years ago. Staff Sgt. Jason Zazulak says the victim is Gordon (Gordie) Edwin...

Jun 30, 2021

B.C. First Nation says remains of 182 found near former residential school

CRANBROOK, B.C. - The Lower Kootenay Band in British Columbia's southern Interior says a search using ground-penetrating radar has found the remains of 182 people in unmarked graves at a site close to...

Jun 30, 2021

Nova Scotia RCMP report suspicious fire at Catholic church in First Nations community

INDIAN BROOK, N.S. - Police are investigating a suspicious fire that damaged the Catholic church in a First Nations community north of Halifax, the latest in a recent string of church fires on Indigen...

Jun 30, 2021

Ontarians line up for haircuts as province rolls back public health restrictions

TORONTO - Ontarians lined up for their first haircuts in months on Wednesday as the province rolled back public health restrictions on salons and other businesses in light of a decline in COVID-19 cas...

Jun 30, 2021