Category Archives: Canada

Pfizer vaccine label amended in Canada to list Bell's Palsy as possible side-effect
OTTAWA - Health Canada has added the facial paralysis condition known as Bell's Palsy as a potentially rare side-effect after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The condition is a usually temporary ...
Aug 06, 2021

Alberta Premier says he won't 'take a lecture' from federal health minister on COVID
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he won't "take a lecture" from federal Health Minister Patty Hajdu on how to handle COVID-19. Hajdu earlier penned a letter to her Alberta counterpart sayin...
Aug 06, 2021

Taxpayers’ ombudsperson investigates CRA targeting of Muslim-led charities
OTTAWA - Taxpayers' ombudsperson Franois Boileau will investigate the concerns of Muslim charities and other charities led by people of colour about being inappropriately targeted for audits. Boileau ...
Aug 06, 2021

B.C. privacy watchdog investigating federal Liberals over facial recognition software
OTTAWA - British Columbia's privacy watchdog is launching an investigation into the federal Liberal party's use of facial recognition technology to pick candidates for the next election. B.C. informat...
Aug 06, 2021

Quebec considering vaccine mandate for health workers amid rise in COVID infections
MONTREAL - Quebec is considering imposing a vaccine mandate for health-care workers amid a rise in the number of new COVID-19 cases in the province. Ewan Sauves, a spokesman for Premier Franois Legaul...
Aug 06, 2021

Wildfire devastates community of Monte Lake in B.C.'s southern Interior
MONTE LAKE, B.C. - Another British Columbia community has been devastated by a raging wildfire and more could be at risk from a blaze in the southern Interior between Kamloops and Vernon. Ken Gillis, ...
Aug 06, 2021

Border workers start job action as contract negotiations continue: union
The union representing 9,000 Canada Border Services Agency workers says some job actions began Friday as bargaining with the government continued. "Our bargaining team representing CBSA employees has ...
Aug 06, 2021

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy added 94,000 jobs in July
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 94,000 jobs in July as restrictions meant to quell the COVID-19 pandemic were rolled back in many provinces. The unemployment rate was 7.5 per cent fo...
Aug 06, 2021

No justification for stay of proceedings against Meng extradition: attorney general
VANCOUVER - A lawyer representing Canada's attorney general says the United States has acted honourably in the extradition case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou. Monika Rahman told a British Colu...
Aug 06, 2021

Court tosses former Yukon cabinet minister's bid to overturn tie vote
WHITEHORSE - The results of the Yukon election stand after a former cabinet minister who lost her seat in a tie vote also lost her bid to overturn the election result in court. Liberal Pauline Frost c...
Aug 05, 2021