Category Archives: Canada
Supreme Court won't hear former broadcast commissioner's challenge of dismissal
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear a former commissioner's appeal of his dismissal from the federal broadcast regulator. The high court decision means Raj Shoan may have exhausted lega...
May 06, 2021
Federal government to reveal plans for building long-overdue heavy icebreaker
OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to end nearly two years of mystery on Thursday and reveal its plan to build a new, long overdue heavy icebreaker for the Canadian Coast Guard. The announcem...
May 06, 2021
Should Canada mandate sales targets for electric vehicles? Report says 'yes'
OTTAWA - Whether Canada should introduce a national mandate requiring the auto industry to make or sell more zero-emission vehicles is a question facing the Liberal government as it's not on the road ...
May 06, 2021
Canada may find it challenging to reach herd immunity from COVID-19, experts say
Herd immunity may not be reached in Canada but a return to life similar to that before COVID-19 is possible through immunization, experts say. Such immunity is achieved when enough people are immune t...
May 06, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 283,833 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,568,...
May 05, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, May 5, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 5, 2021. There are 1,257,328 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,257,328 confirmed cases (81,671 active...
May 05, 2021
Kenney under fire during Commons emergency debate on Alberta's COVID-19 crisis
OTTAWA - Alberta's legislature may have been silenced but its partisan warfare relocated Wednesday to the House of Commons as MPs held an emergency debate on the province's soaring number of COVID-19 ...
May 05, 2021
Northwest Territories to offer vaccines to 12- to 17 year-olds in Yellowknife
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it will offer vaccinations against COVID-19 to young people between 12 and 17 starting Thursday. The territory, which has only been using the Moderna vacci...
May 05, 2021
Cougar believed to be responsible for B.C. attack killed: conservation service
AGASSIZ, B.C. - The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says it believes it has killed the cougar responsible for an attack on Tuesday that left a woman in hospital with serious injuries. Th...
May 05, 2021
MPs vote against Tories' call to fire Trudeau's chief of staff over Vance complaint
OTTAWA - Opposition parties rejected a call from Conservatives for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fire his chief of staff over the handling of a complaint against Canada's former top soldier. The To...
May 05, 2021