Canada

Eight people test positive for COVID-19 at B.C. mink farm, outbreak declared

BURNABY, B.C. - A health authority has declared a COVID-19 outbreak at a mink farm after eight people at the operation in British Columbia's Fraser Valley tested positive for the disease. Fraser Healt...

Dec 07, 2020

Speakers' Spotlight threatened after being caught up in WE affair: co-founder

OTTAWA - A small business that booked speaking engagements for Justin Trudeau and his family has been caught in the partisan crossfire of the WE Charity affair. Martin Perelmuter, who co-founded Speak...

Dec 07, 2020

5,800 years of droppings: Unique approach yields first long-term seabird trend data

Scientists have sifted through nearly 6,000 years of seabird droppings to get what they say could be the first long-term reading on how their numbers are affected by humans. A paper published today de...

Dec 07, 2020

Prime Minister says first COVID-19 vaccine doses arriving this month

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the first COVID-19 vaccine doses are on track to arrive this month, as tough new measures took effect in Prince Edward Island and Ontario hit a new daily case record...

Dec 07, 2020

Liberals set to kick-start talks on new child-care system and funding, Hussen says

OTTAWA - Families Minister Ahmed Hussen says it will be mostly up to the provinces and territories how to spend hundreds of millions in new funding on their child-care workforce.The Liberals unveiled ...

Dec 07, 2020

Federal scientists predict Prairie climate as drier, grassier and fiery

Federal scientists are predicting a hot, dry and fiery future for the Prairies.In a report released today, Natural Resources Canada says the prairie region is warming at the fastest rate of any area i...

Dec 07, 2020

First doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, not yet approved, to land in Canada next week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says up to 249,000 doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine will arrive on Canadian soil by the end of the month, with the first doses delivered next week.Health Canad...

Dec 07, 2020

Perry Bellegarde won't seek re-election as head of Assembly of First Nations

OTTAWA - National Chief Perry Bellegarde of the Assembly of First Nations says he won't seek re-election as the head of the organization next summer.Bellegarde, who has served in the role since 2014, ...

Dec 07, 2020

Veteran executive Michael Sabia named next deputy minister of Finance

OTTAWA - The prime minister has announced that veteran executive Michael Sabia will be the next deputy minister of Finance. He will take the job effective Dec. 14. Sabia replaces Paul Rochon, who will...

Dec 07, 2020

Tories' O'Toole says he disagrees with anti-vaccine petition, trusts the science

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he disagrees with a petition before the House of Commons - sponsored by a member of his caucus - that calls into question the science behind COVID-19 vac...

Dec 07, 2020