Canada

Court of Appeal restores privileges for man who killed five at Calgary house party

EDMONTON - The Alberta Court of Appeal has restored some privileges for a mentally ill man who fatally stabbed five young people at a house party seven years ago. A provincial mental health review boa...

Apr 12, 2021

COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions on the rise in Quebec and Ontario

The number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations is continuing to rise in Quebec and Ontario, prompting concerns about the capacity of those province's health-care systems. Ontario reported 1,646 peopl...

Apr 12, 2021

Nova Scotia to hold two minutes of silence to honour mass shooting victims

TRURO, N.S. - Nova Scotia's premier is inviting people in the province to participate in two minutes of silence this Sunday for those lost in last year's mass shooting. Iain Rankin says he will be att...

Apr 12, 2021

Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019: report

OTTAWA - A new report shows Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019, the same year Ottawa established a national price on carbon. The national inventory report filed each April to...

Apr 12, 2021

O'Toole to vote against Conservative MP's private bill on "sex-selective abortion"

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he will vote against a bill brought forward by a member of his caucus that aims to ban so-called "sex-selective abortions." O'Toole says he support a wom...

Apr 12, 2021

Montreal businesses clean up after anti-curfew protest turns violent

MONTREAL - Business owners in Montreal were cleaning up and assessing the damage today following an anti-curfew protest that turned violent. Hundreds gathered in defiance of a return to an 8 p.m. curf...

Apr 12, 2021

For Canadian Muslims, second pandemic Ramadan is a time of hope and sadness

MONTREAL - Bilal Abdul Kader, president and founder of the As-Salam mosque in downtown Montreal, said his mosque has been serving meals during the holy month of Ramadan for 15 years. The Iftar evening...

Apr 12, 2021

Canada to get 1 million vaccine doses this week with only Pfizer delivery scheduled

OTTAWA - The recent flood of COVID-19 vaccine doses into Canada is expected to wane this week, with a little more than 1 million shots scheduled for delivery over the next seven days. Canada has field...

Greg Fry Apr 12, 2021

Hundreds defy Montreal's 8 p.m. curfew in violent, destructive protest

MONTREAL - Hundreds of protesters set fires and smashed windows through a swath of downtown Montreal on Sunday in defiance of a newly adjusted curfew intended to stem surging COVID-19 case numbers in ...

Apr 11, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Sunday, April 11, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 11, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 205,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 7,991,727...

Apr 11, 2021