Canada

Ontario, Quebec maintain downward trend in daily COVID-19 cases

TORONTO - New COVID-19 infections maintained a downward trend in Canada's two most populous provinces on Wednesday, although authorities reported more than 100 new deaths from the disease. Ontario rep...

Jan 27, 2021

Police officer's leg broken, assault charges sought after dispute over mask order

Vancouver police say an officer broke his leg in a confrontation after a man refused to wear a mask inside a courthouse.Const. Tania Visintin says the officer was injured when the man fell on him whil...

Greg Fry Jan 27, 2021

Canada scrambling for smaller syringes ahead of expected Pfizer vaccine label change

OTTAWA - Canada's procurement department is scrambling to source smaller syringes for Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine, anticipating that Health Canada will agree to change the label to say each vial ...

Jan 27, 2021

Quebec to exempt homeless from curfew after court finds measure endangered safety

MONTREAL - The Quebec government said Wednesday it will not challenge a temporary court order granted Tuesday that exempts the homeless from a provincewide curfew imposed to limit the spread of COVID-...

Jan 27, 2021

Crime down in first eight months of pandemic, but mental health calls rise: StatCan

OTTAWA - Newly released figures point to a major drop in police-recorded crime during the first eight months of the COVID-19 pandemic last year.Statistics Canada says 19 police services across Canada ...

Jan 27, 2021

Order to stand trial in Paris bombing flies in face of evidence, Diab's lawyer says

OTTAWA - A lawyer for Hassan Diab says a French appeal court's order that the Ottawa sociology professor stand trial for a decades-old synagogue bombing is the latest misstep in a long odyssey of inju...

Jan 27, 2021

Canadian military dealing with surge in new COVID-19 infections since December

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is dealing with a dramatic increase in the number of troops who have been infected with COVID-19 over the past month. New Department of National Defence figures prov...

Jan 27, 2021

Case begins on N.S. shooter and farmers storm Indian capital: In The News for Jan. 27

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 Jan. 27 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 27, 2021

New work permit program for international graduates in Canada taking applications

A new work permit program for international students in Canada is taking applications starting today. The federal government announced the program this month as part of a bid to convince more people t...

Jan 27, 2021

UN experts alarmed by trend toward assisted dying for non-terminal conditions

OTTAWA - United Nations human rights experts are alarmed by what they see as a growing trend to enact legislation allowing medical assistance in dying for people suffering from non-terminal, disabling...

Jan 27, 2021