Canada

'We miss her:' Father of Alberta teen who died convinced she had COVID-19 variant

MAGRATH, Alta. - Ron Strate says he has received about a thousand messages from people in Canada and around the world who have been touched by the story of his 17-year-old daughter, Sarah. The senior ...

Apr 28, 2021

B.C. Supreme Court rejects Wet'suwet'en bid to toss LNG pipeline certificate

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Supreme Court has rejected a bid to quash the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for the natural gas pipeline at the centre of countrywide protests ...

Apr 28, 2021

Vancouver man who police say ran condo nightclub pleads guilty to health charges

VANCOUVER - A Vancouver man arrested on allegations he was running a makeshift nightclub inside his penthouse has pleaded guilty to three charges, including failing to follow orders of a health office...

Apr 28, 2021

Quebec won't appeal acquittal of writer charged for his scenes of child sex assault

MONTREAL - Quebec won't appeal the acquittal of an author who was found not guilty of producing child pornography last year in connection with fiction scenes in his horror novel. The Supreme Court of ...

Apr 28, 2021

Government docs suggest months of inaction on 'gap' in passenger refund rules

OTTAWA - Internal documents suggest it took about half a year for the federal government to take action on air-passenger refunds after it first identified "gaps" in the rules. Emails between Transport...

Apr 28, 2021

Commons to sit late on back-to-work legislation for Port of Montreal dockworkers

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is set to sit late into the night debating legislation to put an end to the strike involving 1,150 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal. Labour Minister Filomena Tassi say...

Apr 28, 2021

Federal infrastructure bank can't meet funding plans without spending spree, PBO says

OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer says a federal infrastructure financing agency may not meet its near-term plan to more quickly fund projects to aid in an economic recovery. A...

Apr 28, 2021

Glaciers getting smaller, faster — especially in North America, study finds

A new study is using millions of satellite images to generate a clearer picture of the fate of the world's glaciers than ever before. Study co-author Brian Menounos of the University of Northern Briti...

Apr 28, 2021

Nova Scotia under lockdown while Ontario takes steps to relieve strained hospitals

A full shutdown took effect in Nova Scotia on Wednesday in an effort to rein in surging COVID-19 cases, while Ontario enacted more measures aimed at relieving its overburdened hospitals. The lockdown ...

Apr 28, 2021

Hundreds of travellers landing in Canada test positive for COVID-19 variants

OTTAWA - More than 2,000 people returning to Canada since mandatory hotel quarantines began have tested positive for COVID-19 and more than a quarter of them were infected with a variant of concern. T...

Apr 28, 2021