Canada

Canada's vaccine deliveries further threatened as Europe mulls export controls

OTTAWA - Canada's anxiety-laden COVID-19 vaccine programs are facing further threats as Europe warns drug makers it might impose export controls on European-made vaccine doses.All of Canada's current ...

Jan 26, 2021

Coal contamination data, and the Netherlands rocked by riots: In The News for Jan. 26

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. 26 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A...

Jan 26, 2021

Trudeau government considers legislative changes to make public service more diverse

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are eyeing changes to the law governing public service hiring to help make federal departments and agencies more diverse. They also plan to do further research on the mak...

Jan 26, 2021

Five big lessons experts say Canada should learn from COVID-19

OTTAWA - In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, The Canadian Press interviewed a group of leading Canadian experts in disease control and epidemiology and asked them what should be done to reduce the harm...

Jan 26, 2021

Provinces sitting on millions in unspent federal pandemic spending, report says

OTTAWA - A new report on billions of dollars the federal government has sent to provinces to help safely reopen the economy suggests much of the money is sitting unused.Today's report also suggests th...

Jan 26, 2021

After going weeks with no COVID cases, Nunavut community sees new infections

ARVIAT, Nunavut - The centre of Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak is now facing a second outbreak of the novel coronavirus. Last week, Arviat, a community of about 2,800, reported its first new case since D...

Jan 25, 2021

Great Canadian Gaming CEO resigns after travel to Yukon: media reports

TORONTO - Officials with the Yukon government have confirmed the identities of a couple from Vancouver who allegedly travelled to a remote community last week to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccine amid...

Jan 25, 2021

British Columbia long-term care home report reveals confusion, mixed messaging

VANCOUVER - A third-party report examining how the British Columbia government responded to COVID-19 in long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic reveals confusion over policies and i...

Jan 25, 2021

First Nation calls for release of Site C report in open letter to premier

MOBERLY LAKE, B.C. - A First Nations leader is calling on the British Columbia government to release several reports on the Site C dam, claiming details of escalating costs and safety concerns have be...

Jan 25, 2021

Halifax volunteers latest group to erect tiny shelters for homeless living in tents

HALIFAX - A group of Halifax volunteers have become the latest Canadians to begin erecting tiny shelters for the homeless, with two wooden structures going up recently in a gentrifying section of the ...

Jan 25, 2021