Canada

Canada's summer camps hope to reopen as provinces plan to lift restrictions

Summer camp operators are optimistic they can save the 2021 season - even as the window for overnight camps to reopen is quickly closing. Sleepaway camps were closed in every province except New Bruns...

May 17, 2021

Canada, U.S. air trade grievances in advance of trilateral meeting to talk USMCA

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States have put their respective grievances on the table in advance of a key meeting about the new North American trade deal. International Trade Minister Mary Ng me...

May 17, 2021

Quebec City tunnel beneath St. Lawrence River to cost $7B, take 10 years to build

Quebec Premier Francois Legault says a tunnel to be built under the St. Lawrence River connecting Quebec City and Lvis, Que., will cost $7 billion and take 10 years to complete. The tunnel was a major...

May 17, 2021

Alberta sees record number of people in intensive care beds: health officials

EDMONTON - The head of Alberta Health Services says hospital staff are treating more people in intensive care units than at any other time in the province's history.Dr. Verna Yiu, president and chief ...

May 17, 2021

Man who attacked, set fire to Indigenous woman in Saskatchewan denied parole

A Saskatchewan man who brutally attacked a woman and set her on fire has been denied parole. Leslie Black, who is 35, pleaded guilty to attempted murder in the beating, burning and sexual assault of M...

May 17, 2021

Spy watchdog calls for changes to ensure information-sharing does not lead to torture

OTTAWA - A review by the national spy watchdog has found inconsistencies when it comes to federal efforts to ensure information-sharing with foreign agencies does not result in torture. The aim of the...

May 17, 2021

Ontario opens shots to 18+, Quebec opens drive-thru, as COVID vaccine efforts expand

Quebec is opening a drive-thru vaccine clinic at its busiest airport and Ontario is expanding vaccine eligibility, as provinces make strides toward immunizing their adult populations. Ontario was orig...

May 17, 2021

RCMP move to end blockade against logging of forest on Vancouver Island

PORT RENFREW, B.C. - The RCMP say they have begun enforcing a court injunction banning blockades of logging activities in an area of western Vancouver Island. In a statement, the RCMP say they are tem...

May 17, 2021

Ottawa looking for 2,000 new energy auditors to get home retrofit program going

OTTAWA - The federal government is looking to train 2,000 more people to do energy audits as it tries to get a new green home renovation program off the ground. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Reg...

May 17, 2021

Tories demand more info on investigation into general overseeing vaccine campaign

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is blasting the Liberal government for not providing Canadians with more information about why the general overseeing Canada's COVID-19 vaccination ca...

May 17, 2021