Category Archives: Canada

OTTAWA - Health Canada is in the process of adding a warning about a rare possible side-effect of blood clots from the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine but is still certain the vaccine is safe and effective...

VANCOUVER - A newly approved pilot project will allow electric kick scooters to legally cruise the streets and bike paths of six British Columbia municipalities. The Ministry of Transportation says in...

A report from Oceans North says communities in northern Canada face serious risk if their long-standing waste management problems are not addressed. The marine conservation group says northern communi...

OTTAWA, Kan. - The acting chief of the defence staff says he has asked military officials to develop a "playbook" for handling future misconduct allegations against senior officers. That is one of sev...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - A former firearms official told an inquiry today that Lionel Desmond was not fully truthful when he applied to have his firearms licence renewed in 2014, two years before the f...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:50 a.m. Prince Edward Island is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morris...

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is brushing off the idea that a vote by the party's grassroots on climate change should colour Canadians' opinion of his party. O'Toole says he's the leader, ...

MONTREAL - Health officials in Montreal say they will ask the coroner to investigate the death of an 86-year-old woman reportedly found lifeless on the floor in a hospital emergency room. Candida Maca...

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Canadians remain deeply wary about the prospect of allowing visitors from the United States. The online Lger poll was conducted last week for the Association for Canad...

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 23 ... What we are watching in Canada .....