Canada

Dick Smyth, Canadian maestro of news radio commentary, dies at 85

TORONTO - Radio and television personality Dick Smyth, whose booming commentary filled Canadian airwaves for decades with hot takes on the day's topics, has died at 85. His daughter Tracy Smyth said h...

Mar 06, 2021

Wayne Gretzky remembers his father, Walter, as man with 'a heart of gold' at funeral

BRANTFORD, Ont. - Walter Gretzky's family thought the end was coming quickly in the middle of February. The father of hockey's greatest player had suffered a serious hip injury, and after battling Par...

Mar 06, 2021

Spy warrant shortcomings stretch back almost a decade, newly released audit shows

OTTAWA - A newly released audit report shows that difficulties with the judicial warrant process at Canada's spy agency - an issue that made headlines last summer - stretch back at least nine years. I...

Aaron Schulze Mar 06, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 5, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 85,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,253,514...

Mar 05, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 5, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. There are 881,761 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829...

Mar 05, 2021

All Nunavut communities to get enough COVID vaccine for first doses by end of March

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's health minister says all 25 communities in the territory are to receive by the end of the month enough COVID-19 vaccine so every adult who wants a first dose will get one....

Mar 05, 2021

Ottawa unveils proposed federal carbon offset emission credit regulations

CALGARY - The federal government is unveiling proposed regulations for its greenhouse gas offset program that will govern how developers can register and sell credits earned through projects that redu...

Mar 05, 2021

Canadian soldier found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan: military

OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul ...

Mar 05, 2021

Trudeau holds firm on premiers' health-care funding demands, COVID-19 aid comes first

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will keep its spending focus on emergency aid and won't talk about long-term health-care funding until after the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Greg Fry Mar 05, 2021

Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears

MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...

Mar 05, 2021