Canada

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

Nova Scotia mass shooter obsessed by spectre of pandemic disaster, violence

HALIFAX - The spectre of pandemic-fuelled social chaos and widespread looting appeared to haunt the Nova Scotia mass shooter a month before he carried out his killing rampage of April 18-19, 2020. Twe...

May 20, 2021

Too early to set a date on loosening travel restrictions: Canada's transport minister

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date - or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks - for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrict...

May 20, 2021

Statistics Canada reminds people to fill out 2021 census, may follow up in person

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is reminding people to fill out this year's census to avoid getting a visit at their door during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says later this month, census enumerators ...

Greg Fry May 20, 2021

'Crisis delayed': experts say drop in N.S. suicides in 2020 doesn't tell full story

HALIFAX - The number of suicides recorded in Nova Scotia in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic was the lowest since 2014. According to new government data, 120 people in Nova Scotia killed themselves i...

May 20, 2021

Ontario, Quebec lay out plans to reopen after COVID-19 restrictions

Canada's two most populous provinces are laying out plans to reopen as international travel restrictions put in place to stop the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic are extended for at least another mont...

May 20, 2021

Activist and former CFL player Balarama Holness to run for Montreal mayor

MONTREAL - A community activist and former CFL player is entering the race to become mayor of Montreal. Balarama Holness announced today he'll compete for the city's top job under the banner of his ne...

May 20, 2021

Fired Quebec nurse tells Echaquan inquiry she's sorry for comments caught on film

MONTREAL - A Quebec nurse who was fired for insulting Joyce Echaquan as she lay dying in hospital has apologized for the comments she admits were cruel. She was the latest to take the stand today at a...

May 20, 2021

Bank of Canada warns of rising risks from household debt, and a hot housing market

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada says its concerns are mounting that households are piling on too much debt and posing what the central bank says is a key vulnerability to the economy. In a new report, the...

May 20, 2021

Researchers suggest Ottawa eliminate health transfers, give provinces room to tax

MONTREAL - A new report by researchers at the Universit de Montral's HEC business school is calling for the end of federal transfers payments to the provinces. The report published Thursday suggests t...

May 20, 2021