Canada

Feds look at using border data to find travellers applying for sickness benefit

OTTAWA - A federal official says the government is considering using data on incoming travellers to prevent vacationers from claiming a benefit for people who must quarantine or isolate due to COVID-1...

Jan 14, 2021

Opposition party calls for changes to Quebec curfew after homeless people ticketed

MONTREAL - Quebec's second opposition party is calling for people experiencing homelessness to be exempt from the government-imposed curfew. Alexandre Leduc, a member of Quebec solidaire, said Wednesd...

Jan 14, 2021

Black Conservatives seek to mobilize more support in wake of Leslyn Lewis' success

OTTAWA - Black Conservatives energized by the rising star of Leslyn Lewis hope to use her unexpectedly robust leadership bid to bolster Black representation in the party's ranks. The relaunch of one f...

Jan 14, 2021

China agrees to increase consular, family access for Spavor and Kovrig

OTTAWA - Canada has obtained an agreement to allow greater family and consular access for Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig, the two Canadians detained for more than two years in China. A spokesperson...

Jan 13, 2021

B.C. health minister says review underway after doctors jump vaccine queue

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's health minister says it's "very disappointing" that some doctors in the Vancouver region jumped the queue to get a second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Adrian Dix said Wed...

Jan 13, 2021

Canadian Senators Group leader Scott Tannas travels to Hawaii

OTTAWA - Alberta Sen. Scott Tannas says he has travelled to Hawaii during the holidays. In an emailed statement to The Canadian Press, the leader of the Canadian Senators Group said he will shortly re...

Jan 13, 2021

Former PQ leader Andre Boisclair arrested on new sexual assault charge

MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair was arrested today for the second time and is facing a new charge of sexual assault. A spokeswoman for the provincial prosecution service, Audr...

Jan 13, 2021

Family of P.E.I. teen files civil lawsuit against sex offender, arts organizations

CHARLOTTETOWN - The family of a girl who was sexually abused by a Prince Edward Island actor involved in a theatre production in Charlottetown has filed a civil lawsuit against the perpetrator and two...

Jan 13, 2021

B.C. judge to reserve decision on Meng Wanzhou bail conditions

VANCOUVER - A judge says he will reserve his decision on whether to loosen bail restrictions for Chinese tech executive Meng Wanzhou. Meng's lawyers want her to be allowed to leave her Vancouver home ...

Jan 13, 2021

Racism towards Cowichan Tribes in COVID-19 fight is denounced by federal minister

VICTORIA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is denouncing racist comments being directed towards a British Columbia Indigenous community that's fighting a COVID-19 outbreak.Miller says...

Jan 13, 2021