Canada

Psychiatrist to be cross-examined by defence at Toronto's van attack trial

TORONTO - The prosecution's final witness in Toronto's van attack trial will be cross-examined by the defence today.Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian knew his actions were m...

Dec 14, 2020

From 'Snowmageddon' to pandemic, Newfoundland and Labrador confronted hunger in 2020

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Skipping meals is dangerous for a diabetic, but Janine Ryan finds she sometimes has no choice if she wants her kids to have enough to eat. Ryan is a welder, but she lost her job whe...

Dec 14, 2020

Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

VANCOUVER - Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered or...

Dec 13, 2020

First shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arriving today, with more en route Monday

MONTREAL - The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in Canada later today.The Public Health Agency of Canada says some of the 30,000 initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccin...

Dec 13, 2020

Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 s...

Dec 13, 2020

Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

OTTAWA - When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the pr...

Dec 13, 2020

'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations

VICTORIA - A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commis...

Dec 13, 2020

Health Canada warns people with allergies to COVID-19 vaccine ingredients

With vaccinations against COVID-19 in Canada set to begin on Monday, the federal health agency says that people with allergies to any of the vaccine's ingredients should not receive it. Two people in ...

Dec 12, 2020

Liberals 'completely unwilling' to hold political parties to account on privacy

OTTAWA - A leading expert on personal-information law says the Trudeau government is unwilling to hold political parties to the same level of accountability it is demanding of other organizations in i...

Dec 12, 2020

Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada

OTTAWA - Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn. As one of the last refugees to arrive in Canada befor...

Dec 12, 2020