Canada

COVID-19 restrictions extended to Feb. 5 in B.C. to 'hold the line'

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions that were set to expire Friday have been extended to Feb. 5. Dr. Bonnie Henry announced the extension while reporting eight more dea...

Jan 07, 2021

Woman walking in Nanaimo, B.C., is showered with cash: RCMP

NANAIMO, B.C. - The Mounties say a woman out for a walk in Nanaimo, B.C., was surprised when cash began falling from the sky around her. Police say in a news release the woman was walking on a street ...

Jan 07, 2021

RCMP declines firm's offer of free, state-of-art sonar to find N.S. boat, fishermen

HALIFAX - A Canadian firm says the RCMP are declining the free use of its state-of-the-art sonar to search for a fishing boat that sank off Nova Scotia last month, with six crew lost. The RCMP announc...

Jan 07, 2021

At least two senators left country amid COVID-19 pandemic, six not saying

OTTAWA - Don Plett is facing calls for his resignation as Conservative leader in the Senate after choosing to travel to Mexico over the holidays. But Plett is not the only senator who travelled abroad...

Jan 07, 2021

Manhunt fallout: Premier calls on the RCMP to improve emergency alert protocols

HALIFAX - The premier of Nova Scotia says the RCMP must change how they alert the public to dangerous incidents following the high-profile arrest of a gunman who remained at large for 19 hours. Stephe...

Jan 07, 2021

Health-care professionals ready to help but some say vaccine rollout too slow

VANCOUVER - Marcia Carr returned to nursing during the first wave of the pandemic after four years in retirement and now wants to "hit the ground running" to help vaccinate as many people as possible....

Jan 07, 2021

Timeline: A look at Canada's relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash

OTTAWA - It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran kil...

Jan 07, 2021

Canadian snowbirds flock to vaccinate in Florida as rollouts lag north of the border

OTTAWA - Canadian snowbirds in Florida are rushing to get inoculated down south as provincial vaccine rollouts lag north of the border. While many of the roughly one million Canadians who flock to sun...

Jan 07, 2021

Quebec COVID curfew raises concerns over enforcement, profiling, advocates say

MONTREAL - Civil rights advocates say they're concerned Quebec's new provincewide curfew is not justified by science and will be enforced in a way that has a disproportionate impact on racialized peop...

Jan 07, 2021

Ongoing U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of solar products 'unwarranted,' says Ng

OTTAWA - The federal government is pushing back against ongoing American tariffs on Canadian solar products. In a statement today, International Trade Minister Mary Ng calls the tariffs "unwarranted" ...

Jan 07, 2021