Category Archives: Canada
COVID-19 cases spike in Nova Scotia, while other hot spots show signs of improvement
Nova Scotia hit a new single-day record number of COVID-19 cases today, even as there were hints that Canada's two biggest provinces are making fragile progress in the fight against the pandemic. Nova...
Apr 25, 2021
Future nurses, doctors want lessons from pandemic to create better health-care system
Sang Hee Baek started nursing school at the University of Toronto last fall as the second wave of the pandemic was putting health-care staff in parts of the country through an endurance test, making h...
Apr 25, 2021
Canada must process applications for children's immigration in six months: advocates
Ottawa should establish a standard of six months to reunite newcomers to Canada with their children, as many refugee and immigrant families now wait years, says a national advocacy group.The long wait...
Apr 25, 2021
Families upset with lack of information about mystery New Brunswick brain illness
FREDERICTON - Families who fear their loved ones are afflicted with a mysterious neurological syndrome in New Brunswick say they're losing patience waiting for information from the health officials wh...
Apr 25, 2021
Montreal politicians debate whether to allow skyscrapers higher than Mount Royal
Montreal's Mount Royal looms both literally and figuratively above its namesake city, with the illuminated cross on its summit visible across much of the island and beyond. That visibility is by desig...
Apr 25, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Brooke Henderson wins LA Open, 10th career LPGA title
LOS ANGELES - Canada's Brooke Henderson has captured the LPGA Tour's HUGEL Air Premia LA Open. The Smiths Falls, Ont., native shot 4-under 67 in the final round on Saturday to claim her 10th career LP...
Apr 24, 2021
Homicide teams evidence policies prompt acquittal of B.C. man on murder charge
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge says the province's homicide investigation team's "systemic, flagrant disregard" for the charter rights of accused may impact hundreds of murder case...
Apr 24, 2021
Rates of hospitalization, ICU admission from COVID-19 rising across Canada: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's Chief Public Health officer says the latest national data shows an ongoing rise in severe illness from COVID-19 is continuing to strain the country's health-care systems and workers....
Apr 24, 2021
Families separated by India, Pakistan flight suspensions worry about loved ones
Pankaj Kumar's wife, who is five-and-a-half months pregnant, was booked on a flight to Canada from India on Sunday. Now Kumar said his wife, Rupakshi Sharma, will be stuck in Punjab due to the federal...
Apr 24, 2021
Budget first small step in long, expensive path to upgrading North American defences
OTTAWA - It was only a few lines in the federal budget, and the money involved represents a rounding error in the overall scheme of things. For defence officials and experts who have been sounding the...
Apr 24, 2021