Canada

Five big lessons experts say Canada should learn from COVID-19

OTTAWA - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Canadian Press interviewed a group of leading Canadian experts in disease control and epidemiology and asked them what should be done to reduce the harm...

Jan 26, 2021

Provinces sitting on millions in unspent federal pandemic spending, report says

OTTAWA - A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.Today's report also suggests th...

Jan 26, 2021

After going weeks with no COVID cases, Nunavut community sees new infections

ARVIAT, Nunavut - The centre of Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak is now facing a second outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Last week, Arviat, a community of about 2,800, reported its first new case since D...

Jan 25, 2021

Great Canadian Gaming CEO resigns after travel to Yukon: media reports

TORONTO - Officials with the Yukon government have confirmed the identities of a couple from Vancouver who allegedly travelled to a remote community last week to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid...

Jan 25, 2021

British Columbia long-term care home report reveals confusion, mixed messaging

VANCOUVER - A third-party report examining how the British Columbia government responded to COVID-19 in long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic reveals confusion over policies and i...

Jan 25, 2021

First Nation calls for release of Site C report in open letter to premier

MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. - A First Nations leader is calling on the British Columbia government to release several reports on the Site C dam, claiming details of escalating costs and safety concerns have be...

Jan 25, 2021

Halifax volunteers latest group to erect tiny shelters for homeless living in tents

HALIFAX - A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the ...

Jan 25, 2021

New social media campaign targets COVID-19 misinformation with science

EDMONTON - A group of Canadian scientists and health experts is starting a campaign to debunk misinformation about COVID-19.The scientists involved are using the hashtag #ScienceUpFirst to provide inf...

Jan 25, 2021

Suspected RCMP secrecy breach fallout upgraded to 'severe': newly released documents

OTTAWA - New documents show Canada's cyberspy agency was so alarmed by the potential fallout from an alleged secrecy breach by a senior RCMP employee that it revised a damage assessment to "severe" fr...

Jan 25, 2021

Freeland hints at potential hotel quarantines for returning travellers

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says the federal government is "looking seriously" at tougher travel measures to fight the COVID-19 pandemic, including mandatory hotel quarantines for...

Jan 25, 2021