Canada

Federal government launches loan program for Black-owned businesses

OTTAWA - The federal government is opening the doors to a loan program that will provide financing to Black-owned businesses that often face a steep hill to access capital. The Black Entrepreneurship ...

May 31, 2021

Echaquan inquiry: reform needed to reduce Indigenous patients' fear of health system

MONTREAL - The coroner's inquiry examining the death Joyce Echaquan is moving to the recommendations phase of its public hearings. Dr. Stanley Vollant, an Innu surgeon, is recommending the government ...

May 31, 2021

NDP urges Ottawa to enact TRC calls to action following school burial site discovery

OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are calling for an emergency debate in the House of Commons on the recent discovery of the remains of 215 children on the grounds of the former Kamloops Indian Residenti...

May 31, 2021

Iqaluit to ease public health restrictions Thursday as COVID-19 outbreak eases

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit will start easing public health restrictions on Thursday as the city continues to recover from a COVID-19 outbreak. Schools will reopen that day for part-time in-class learn...

May 31, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, May 31, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11 a.m.Quebec is reporting 276 new cases of COVID-19 today and one more death attributed to the novel coronavirus.Health official...

May 31, 2021

Canada to receive 2.9M vaccine doses this week as Pfizer-BioNTech increase deliveries

OTTAWA - Canada is set to receive 2.9 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks in large part to an increase in planned deliveries from Pfizer and BioNTech. The two pharmaceutical companies had ...

May 31, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on May 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 315,187 new vaccinations administered for a total of 23,471,446...

May 30, 2021

B.C. teacher says students could be triggered by residential school discovery

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A First Nations teacher says the discovery of the remains of 215 children buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia is a triggering event for students who ...

May 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, May 30, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:00 p.m. ET on Sunday May 30, 2021. There are 1,378,971 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,378,971 confirmed cases (35,935 active, 1,3...

May 30, 2021

Grizzly believed to have killed Alberta woman is caught and will be euthanized

WATER VALLEY, Alta. - Alberta Fish and Wildlife Enforcement officers have captured a grizzly bear they say fatally attacked a woman while she went for an evening stroll on her property last week. The ...

May 30, 2021