Category Archives: Canada

Ontario's overhaul of its COVID-19 testing strategy to focus on symptomatic and high-risk individuals highlights the fact that lessons still need to be learned as the country grapples with a seco...

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says there's been an increase in investigations into sexual harassment complaints made by civil service employees and 20 allegations have been substantiated. A repor...

WINNIPEG - A murder trial in Manitoba will continue with 11 jurors after one was discharged because he was showing COVID-19 symptoms.Kane Moar is charged with second-degree murder in the 2018 stabbing...

MONTREAL - A 65-year-old Quebec man has been charged after allegedly threatening Premier Francois Legault online. Sylvain Proulx will appear in court on Nov. 9 in Roberval, in the Lac-Saint-...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Offenders in Nunavut should not necessarily get shorter jail time because of the COVID-19 pandemic, says Nunavut's top judge.  Chief Justice Neil Sharkey says while the pandemi...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 1:50 p.m. Yukon's chief medical officer of health says the territory is considering a child-friendly, made-in-British Columb...

OTTAWA - The Liberals are proposing to increase the value of benefits for unemployed workers to $500 a week under newly tabled legislation that lands days before aid runs out for millions. The proposa...

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Firebrand Independent Sen. Bernie Sanders is sounding the alarm over Donald Trump's refusal to promise a peaceful transfer of power next year.  In a speech in Washington, D.C....

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is promising legislation and money to address systemic inequities in all phases of the criminal justice system. The commitments come amid mounting concerns about unfair...

FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash. - Whale watchers in Washington state say they've determined the sex of the new addition to a critically endangered pod of killer whales. A social media post by the Center for Whal...