Category Archives: Canada

Fear that delayed second COVID-19 vaccine dose could lead to new variants 'realistic'
MONTREAL - Experts say delaying the second dose of some COVID-19 vaccines could lead to the emergence of new variants of the virus - but there's no sign it has happened yet. "It's a theoretical, reali...
Feb 03, 2021

Lawyers try to find holes in story of man accused of killing woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors continue to look for inconsistencies in what an Ontario man says he told others on the morning he found a woman's bloody body in his Edmonton hotel room bathtub. Bradley B...
Feb 03, 2021

Proud Boys and other extreme right-wing groups among 13 added to Canada's terror list
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government is adding the Proud Boys and three other extreme right-wing groups to its list of terrorist organizations to address the sort of neo-fascism and white nationalism that ...
Feb 03, 2021

Jason Kenney defends Rockies coal policy, calls old protections a 'dead letter'
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for more than four decades."No r...
Feb 03, 2021

Doctor has no right to francophone panel, Ontario discipline committee rules
TORONTO - A francophone doctor accused of misconduct by Ontario's medical regulator has lost his bid to have his case heard by a French-speaking disciplinary panel. In ruling against Dr. Mathieu Belan...
Feb 03, 2021

Clearview AI broke Canadian privacy laws with facial recognition tool, watchdogs say
OTTAWA - A new watchdog report says Canadian use of U.S. firm Clearview AI's facial-recognition technology violated federal and provincial laws governing personal information. In a report today with t...
Feb 03, 2021

U.S., Europe divided on pandemic response, but expect better results next time: poll
WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests people in the United States and parts of Europe believe their countries will be better equipped to handle the next major health crisis. The Pew Research Center poll ou...
Feb 03, 2021

Vaccines for homeless and WHO team visits Wuhan research lab: In The News for Feb. 3
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 Feb. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 03, 2021

Canada to get up to 1.1 million more doses by March through global vaccine alliance
OTTAWA - Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But as with most things COVID-19, v...
Feb 03, 2021

'Raising the alarm:' Priority vaccines urged for homeless population, shelter staff
CALGARY - Advocates say homeless people should get priority to COVID-19 vaccines given how at risk they are to the virus and how much more likely they are to get severely ill if infected. "We as a soc...
Feb 03, 2021