Category Archives: Canada
Officials seek to convince skeptical public of vaccine safety
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer wouldn't hesitate to roll up his sleeve if the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine were offered to him tomorrow, he said this week. Dr. Howard Njoo, along w...
Apr 03, 2021
Protests across Quebec after eight women killed in eight weeks
MONTREAL - Protesters marched through Montreal's Plateau borough Friday afternoon to denounce what many described as a "pandemic" of violence against women, after a slate of recent killings. Eight wom...
Apr 02, 2021
Canadians in COVID-19 hot spots face more restrictions as cases keep rising
OTTAWA - Canada's two most long-standing COVID-19 hot spots marked their second Good Friday in the COVID-19 era by either ushering in or preparing to impose new public health measures to curb resurgen...
Apr 02, 2021
Canada joins G7 in condemning Ethiopia violence, calling for humanitarian aid
OTTAWA - Canada and other G7 nations are denouncing what they describe as human rights violations and calling for immediate access for humanitarian aid groups in Ethiopia's conflict-ridden Tigray regi...
Apr 02, 2021
'It's a part of who we are:' Inuit work to revitalize endangered dialect
A group of Inuit women gather around a table over cups of coffee and speak to each other in a language that is expected to vanish over the next two generations. The women live in Cambridge Bay in west...
Apr 02, 2021
Pandemic exhaustion could drive some to gather for Easter despite warnings
The second Easter weekend of the pandemic has become an emblem of exhaustion over public health measures, some say, as politicians across much of Canada warn families not to gather in person for the h...
Apr 02, 2021
High vaccination rates decreasing COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities
OTTAWA - The number of active COVID-19 cases in First Nations communities has declined by 80 per cent since mid-January thanks to the high uptake of vaccines, says the top doctor at Indigenous Service...
Apr 02, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, April 1, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 203,268 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,892,...
Apr 01, 2021
B.C. churches to appeal court decision that upheld COVID-19 restrictions
VANCOUVER - An appeal has been filed in a British Columbia Supreme Court decision that upheld public health orders banning indoor religious services in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 in the prov...
Apr 01, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, April 1, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 1, 2021. There are 987,918 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 987,918 confirmed cases (49,568 active, 9...
Apr 01, 2021