Category Archives: Canada
Nunavut confirms first cases of COVID-19 variant first identified in U.K.
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has confirmed its first cases of the COVID-19 variant first identified in the United Kingdom. Patterson says 21 swabs have come back from testing in southern Canada and are ...
Apr 26, 2021
Additional restrictions coming to some provinces struggling with COVID-19 spikes
MONTREAL - Several provinces are imposing new restrictions as authorities across Canada struggle to contain surging COVID-19 cases. Nova Scotia is reporting a single-day record for new COVID-19 cases ...
Apr 26, 2021
Police probing fire at Montreal mansion under construction owned by Pornhub co-owner
Montreal police are investigating after a mansion under construction owned by Feras Antoon, co-owner of pornography website Pornhub, burned to the ground Sunday night. Const. Julien Levesque says poli...
Apr 26, 2021
More than 1,000 dockworkers at Port of Montreal begin strike today
MONTREAL - More than 1,000 dockworkers at the Port of Montreal began a strike this morning - a move that the port authority says will mean a total shutdown of all port operations. The Montreal Port Au...
Apr 26, 2021
Prairie provinces, Ontario say no consultation on Canada's new 2030 emissions target
OTTAWA - Western Canada and Ontario say they weren't consulted about the federal government's new goal for cutting greenhouse gas pollution by 2030. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau pledged at a recent g...
Apr 26, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 26, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 3,510 new cases of COVID-19 today and 24 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...
Apr 26, 2021
Canada to get 1.9M vaccine doses this week, including first Johnson & Johnson shots
OTTAWA - The federal government says it expects Canada to receive around 1.9 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week, including its very first shipment of single-dose shots from Johnson & John...
Apr 26, 2021
Montreal latest Canadian city to consider granting voting rights to non-citizens
Montreal officials are looking into extending voting rights to more than 100,000 non-citizens in order to better integrate immigrants and encourage more racialized people to participate in municipal p...
Apr 26, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, April 25 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 25, 2021. There are 1,178,986 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,178,986 confirmed cases (86,229 active, 1...
Apr 25, 2021
Tories want more hearings on Vance allegations, expected to call Trudeau's top aide
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are demanding more hearings after a parliamentary committee heard testimony last week suggesting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's chief of staff knew about a miscondu...
Apr 25, 2021