Canada

Obstetrics group welcomes Ontario move to prioritize pregnant women for COVID vaccine

The president of the Ontario Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is applauding the province's move to include pregnant women on its priority list of recipients in the next phase of its COVID-1...

Mar 09, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, March 8, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 78,246 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,465,435 ...

Mar 08, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 8, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 8, 2021. There are 890,698 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 890,698 confirmed cases (30,332 active, 838...

Mar 08, 2021

Police respond to calls as spider in vehicle causes a 'scramble' in B.C.

SURREY, B.C. - Police say an "itsy-bitsy" intruder inside a vehicle caused "scramble" on the weekend in Surrey, B.C. It also led concerned members of the public to call police about the possibility of...

Mar 08, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Alberta lifts more COVID rules, increases retail shopping limit

EDMONTON - Alberta is lifting more COVID-19 public-health restrictions, including allowing more people to shop in retail stores and malls. Health Minister Tyler Shandro says the retail limit is increa...

Mar 08, 2021

Inuit group's board says no to proposed expansion of Nunavut iron ore mine

IQALUIT, Nunavut - An organization that represents Inuit in Nunavut's Baffin Island region says it will not back a proposed expansion of an iron ore mine near Pond Inlet. The Qikiqtani Inuit Associati...

Mar 08, 2021

Commons board finds MP Yasmin Ratansi broke rules by employing sister

OTTAWA - Independent MP Yasmin Ratansi is being ordered to repay the House of Commons money given to her sister after she lost her job in Ratansi's Toronto riding office. Ratansi left the Liberal cauc...

Mar 08, 2021

N.S. mass killer showed off his 'military' style gun, claiming it was for movie

HALIFAX - In the months before he killed 22 people in the Nova Scotia mass shooting, the gunman - who didn't have a firearms licence - showed a powerful rifle to others and made up a fanciful story ab...

Mar 08, 2021

'Truth to power:' Lab was not enough for renowned scientist David Schindler

EDMONTON - His research in the lab and the field was published in some of the world's top journals, but that was never enough for David Schindler, who died Thursday at age 80. "The importance of David...

Mar 08, 2021

COVID-19 magnified systemic discrimination against Indigenous women: Bennett

OTTAWA - Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Carolyn Bennett says the COVID-19 pandemic has magnified the effects of systemic discrimination against Indigenous women in Canada.Speaking at a virtual su...

Mar 08, 2021