Canada

Rain calms B.C. fire starts, lowers wildfire danger but relief not expected to last

British Columbia's wildfire danger map shows a low to moderate fire risk in much of the province after a rainy weekend, but the extreme risk is expected to resume quickly as another hot spell arrives....

Aug 09, 2021

American tourists return to Niagara Region's tourist attractions as border

NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - American tourists returned to the Niagara Region for the first time in more than a year on Monday, eager to see the thundering falls, take in the area's attractions and explore n...

Aug 09, 2021

How U.S. citizens can make travelling from U.S. to Canada as painless as possible

WASHINGTON - Fully vaccinated U.S. citizens and permanent residents can now enter Canada for non-essential purposes for the first time since March 2020, when the COVID-19 pandemic forced the two count...

Aug 09, 2021

Meng's legal team argues for stay in proceedings as remedy to 'abuse' in case

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou say the only appropriate remedy for a range of abuses in her extradition case is for proceedings to be stayed. Defence lawyer Tony Paisana urged t...

Aug 09, 2021

Liberal government urged not to reinstate top military commander McDonald

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal government is being urged not to reinstate Admiral Art McDonald as Canada's top military commander even though police did not lay any charges after a six-month investigati...

Aug 09, 2021

UN report 'must sound death knell' for fossil fuels as Canada faces climate urgency

OTTAWA - The secretary-general of the United Nations says a new report "must sound the death knell for coal and fossil fuels," raising renewed questions about Canada's climate plan and the long-term v...

Aug 09, 2021

Liberal MPs Adam Vaughan, Will Amos, Karen McCrimmon won't run for re-election

OTTAWA - Liberal MPs Adam Vaughan, Will Amos and Karen McCrimmon say they will not run in the next federal election. In an interview with The Canadian Press, Vaughan says he decided not to seek re-ele...

Aug 09, 2021

Manitoba signs on to federal government's $10-a-day child- care plan

WINNIPEG - Manitoba is signing on to the federal government's plan to implement $10-a-day child care for families by 2023. Federal Minister of Families Ahmed Hussen says the Liberal government is comm...

Aug 09, 2021

Despite Delta, Canada welcomes back fully vaxxed U.S. citizens, permanent residents

WASHINGTON - Canada is once again allowing U.S. citizens and permanent residents back into the country, provided they've been fully vaccinated against COVID-19. After 17 long months, a ban on non-esse...

Aug 09, 2021

'Boom, they were gone:' Alberta trainers mourn loss of two horses struck by lightning

SUNDRE, Alta. - A large dirt mound at the top of a green pasture in central Alberta is a reminder that tragedy can strike like lightning. Two high-value horses being trained by Ian Tipton and his part...

Aug 09, 2021