Canada

'The thing you do around here:' Prairie fall suppers adjust to COVID-19 reality

Vehicles lined up more than three kilometres along a rural Manitoba road on the last Sunday afternoon of September as their occupants waited to grab a traditional Ukrainian feast in a brown takeout ba...

Oct 04, 2020

'I don't want to go through this ever in my life again,' LTC resident tells inquiry

One by one, residents of Ontario's long-term care homes described the emotional devastation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown to an independent inquiry - and implored the governments ...

Oct 04, 2020

'I don't want to go through this ever in my life again,' LTC resident tells inquiry

One by one, residents of Ontario's long-term care homes described the emotional devastation caused by the COVID-19 lockdown to an independent inquiry - and implored the governments ...

Oct 04, 2020

Manitoba's chief public health officer discusses lessons learned during pandemic

WINNIPEG - A little more than six months into Manitoba's COVID-19 state of emergency, the province's chief public health officer says there have been lessons learned in terms of fighting the novel cor...

Oct 04, 2020

Joyce Echaquan's death highlights systemic racism in health care, experts say

MONTREAL - The fate of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who died in a Quebec hospital after filming staff insulting her, is a tragic example of the systemic racism many Indigenous people face when ...

Oct 04, 2020

Experts, national parents group, call for specialized proton therapy clinic in Canada

HALIFAX - An advocacy group for children's cancer research says it's time Canada makes an advanced form of radiotherapy, called proton beam therapy, more widely available. Canada is the only G7 countr...

Oct 04, 2020

Bob Rae brings tough talk to UN diplomacy, including Security Council

OTTAWA - Two months after Canada lost the election to the United Nations Security Council, the country's new ambassador was there anyway, speaking frankly about the Syrian civil war. He wasn't making ...

Oct 04, 2020

New faces bring renewal, political opportunity after B.C.'s Oct. 24 election

VICTORIA, China - It's still a long way from election day in British Columbia, but one thing is certain after the Oct. 24 vote, there will be at least 15 new faces in the legislature. The number of pe...

Oct 04, 2020

Montreal shooting leaves two women dead; alleged killer wounded by police

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog says two women are dead and one man injured after a shooting in Montreal. The Independent Investigations Bureau (BEI) says a man shot and killed two women Satu...

Oct 03, 2020

Art depicting Viola Desmond displayed on building where she was arrested in 1946

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - An art display paying tribute to Viola Desmond is nearing completion on the building where the civil rights icon took her most high-profile stand against racial inequality in ...

Oct 03, 2020