Canada

Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion over the next ten years to plant two billion trees across the country. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the fu...

Dec 14, 2020

Anti-racism task force calls for end to racial profiling in all Quebec police forces

MONTREAL - An anti-racism task force created by the Quebec premier last June is recommending that police across the province stop randomly stopping people. Junior health minister Lionel Carmant told r...

Dec 14, 2020

Senator likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill

OTTAWA - It's out of the political frying pan and into the fire today for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 begins tonight in the S...

Dec 14, 2020

Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation the day after a Huawei executive was arrested at Vancouve...

Dec 14, 2020

Wildfires take over from industry as major source of cancer-causing air toxins: study

Wildfires have taken over from industry as a major source of a group of cancer-causing chemical toxins in the air, Environment Canada says. The first national assessment of polycyclic aromatic compoun...

Dec 14, 2020

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Monday, Dec. 14

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):1 p.m.Quebec has administered the province's first COVID-19 vaccine to a resident of a long-term care home in Quebec City.Premier...

Dec 14, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto

TORONTO - Ontario has administered the provinces' first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, receive...

Dec 14, 2020

Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds to global COVID-19 effort

OTTAWA - Canada's foreign aid budget is swelling noticeably today with International Development Minister Karina Gould's announcement of $485 million in new funding towards the global effort to provid...

Dec 14, 2020

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history was set to begin Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.The Canadian mili...

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Quebec to begin inoculating against COVID-19 as first vaccines arrive

MONTREAL - Quebec's first COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered Monday afternoon in Montreal, a public health official said, as health-care workers prepared for what is being called the "historic...

Dec 14, 2020