Canada

University of Victoria women's rowing coach resigns by mutual agreement

VICTORIA - The University of Victoria says the head coach of its women's rowing program has resigned effective immediately. In a statement posted on the school's varsity athletics website, it says the...

Apr 19, 2021

All of Iqaluit's COVID-19 cases are adults, most in their 20s and 30s

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says all those currently infected with COVID-19 in Iqaluit are adults. Dr. Michael Patterson also says about three-quarters of them are in thei...

Apr 19, 2021

Alberta scientists urge adoption of bill that would protect against coal mining

EDMONTON - Some 35 scientists from the University of Alberta are urging the provincial government to rethink its plans for expanding coal-mining in the Rocky Mountains. The researchers, all from the u...

Apr 19, 2021

Quebec and Ontario impose travel restrictions to slow surging COVID-19 variants

Ontario and Quebec have imposed new interprovincial travel restrictions in an effort to slow the surging COVID-19 variants that are putting increasing strain on Ontario's hospital system. Starting tod...

Apr 19, 2021

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

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 4,447 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...

Apr 19, 2021

Liberals to release federal budget with eye on managing crisis, post-pandemic growth

OTTAWA - The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals' first...

Apr 19, 2021

Huawei CFO's team expected to ask judge for adjournment in final extradition hearings

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to ask a B.C. Supreme Court judge today to delay the final leg of hearings in her extradition case. The court said in a statement last week that the H...

Apr 19, 2021

Judicial recount in Yukon election to occur in Whitehorse today over tie riding

WHITEHORSE - The final seat count in the Yukon election could be determined by the drawing of lots today if a judicial recount confirms a tie in a battleground riding. Elections Yukon applied to the Y...

Apr 19, 2021

Federal government expecting 1M vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays delivery

OTTAWA - Canada will have to wait a little longer for a promised influx of COVID-19 vaccines. The federal government says it expects about 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive this...

Apr 19, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, April 18, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 18, 2021. There are 1,121,498 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,121,498 confirmed cases (87,925 active, 1...

Apr 18, 2021