Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, May 20, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 20, 2021. There are 1,347,445 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,347,445 confirmed cases (59,968 active...

May 20, 2021

Ontario court rules deadly shootdown of Flight 752 in Iran was act of terrorism

TORONTO - An Ontario court has ruled that the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet early last year was an intentional act of terrorism, paving the way for relatives of those killed to seek co...

May 20, 2021

Bridge linking Montreal to highway toward Ontario to be closed for safety concerns

MONTREAL - One of the main bridges motorists use to travel from Montreal to Ontario on the Trans-Canada Highway system has been closed for safety reasons. Quebec Transport Minister Franois Bonnardel s...

May 20, 2021

B.C. resident faces hate speech charge after complaint made to War Crimes Program

OTTAWA - A probe by the RCMP's international investigations section into videos that allegedly threatened people in the Democratic Republic of Congo has resulted in charges against a man living in Kel...

May 20, 2021

General overseeing Canada's vaccination campaign urges military, society to be better

OTTAWA - During her first public appearance since taking over management of Canada's COVID-19 vaccination campaign, Brig.-Gen. Krista Brodie urged the military - and all Canadians - to strive to do be...

May 20, 2021

Lone Nunavut MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq opts not to seek reelection

OTTAWA - Nunavut's sole MP says she will not seek re-election when Canadians next go to the polls. In a social media post Thursday, New Democrat Mumilaaq Qaqqaq says that after weeks of reflection and...

May 20, 2021

No independent oversight of federal obligation to routinely publish info: officials

OTTAWA - Senior officials acknowledged today there is no independent oversight of the requirement that federal departments proactively publish government records. Justin Trudeau promised in the 2015 e...

May 20, 2021

Canadians urged to prepare as top meteorologist predicts active hurricane season

HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre is predicting another active hurricane season this year, citing the persistence of warmer-than-average ocean temperatures. Meteorologist Bob Robichaud also conf...

May 20, 2021

Montreal-area mayor calls on municipal leaders to condemn recent antisemitic acts

MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal suburb is calling for other municipal leaders to denounce antisemitism after several recent anti-Jewish incidents in the region. Mitchell Brownstein, mayor of Cte-Sa...

May 20, 2021

Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date

TORONTO - Impatience and a lack of clarity persisted Thursday over the fate of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire in the coming weeks. Several provinces have stopped gi...

May 20, 2021