Canada

Statistics Canada set to unveil May jobs numbers

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say today how the job market fared in May as lockdowns to slow the pandemic continued to keep many businesses closed. The economy lost 207,000 jobs in April as a spike ...

Jun 04, 2021

Canada looking to U.S. to help end Moderna delivery delays

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada is trying to negotiate a deal to start getting doses of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine from the United States instead of Europe. All 5.7 million doses...

Jun 04, 2021

Chief Justice Richard Wagner stresses need to boost Indigenous reconciliation efforts

OTTAWA - Canada's chief justice says judges must be alert to the history and experience of Indigenous peoples, and should make the same commitment to those of other cultures and communities. In a rece...

Jun 04, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, June 3, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. There are 1,387,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,387,445 confirmed cases (27,790 active...

Jun 03, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 3, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, June 3, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 410,178 new vaccinations administered for a total of 24,924,...

Jun 03, 2021

Forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women ongoing, Senate report reveals

OTTAWA - She was screaming that she "didn't want this," but it happened anyway. A Cree woman had just given birth to her sixth child in Saskatoon, when she was presented with a consent form for her st...

Jun 03, 2021

Energy regulator orders Trans Mountain to stop tree clearing work on project

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Canada Energy Regulator has issued an order stopping tree cutting and grass mowing across the entire $12.6-billion Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. A statement from Tran...

Jun 03, 2021

Senate unanimously passes bill creating national day for truth and reconciliation

OTTAWA - A bill creating a statutory holiday to commemorate the tragic legacy of residential schools in Canada has been passed unanimously by the Senate. Bill C-5 is expected to receive royal assent l...

Jun 03, 2021

Jewish groups decry mock 'eviction notice' sent to residents in Canadian cities

OTTAWA - Jewish advocacy groups are condemning a mock "eviction notice" dropped in mailboxes across Canada as part of a campaign to draw attention to the planned removal of Palestinians from a neighbo...

Jun 03, 2021

Kenney says 'reasonable effort' made to follow COVID rules at whiskey dinner

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he and his ministers made every reasonable effort to comply with health rules during a surreptitiously photographed whiskey-drinks dinner on the patio of t...

Jun 03, 2021