Category Archives: Canada

Federal government weighs listing Proud Boys as terror group
OTTAWA - Authorities are collecting information about the right-wing Proud Boys group as part of a possible terrorist designation, the federal Liberal government said Sunday as it faced calls to ban t...
Jan 10, 2021

Canada joins allies in condemning latest Hong Kong arrests by China
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign affairs minister is joining counterparts from the U.S., Britain and Australia in condemning last week's mass arrest of politicians and pro-democracy activists in Hong Kong. F...
Jan 10, 2021

Forced to travel during pandemic, Nunavut women want birthing services at home
IQALUIT, Nunavut - In October, Collette Nilaulak gave birth, alone, to her third child in a hospital room about 1,200 kilometres from her home in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut. Pandemic restrictions meant one...
Jan 10, 2021

Canada's mission in Iraq at a crossroads as ISIL declines, new threats emerge
OTTAWA - More than six years after Canada first deployed troops to the Middle East to help fight the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, hundreds of Canadian Armed Forces personnel remain in the reg...
Jan 10, 2021

Sister in B.C. waits for little brother's ashes that seem to be lost in transit
VANCOUVER - Courtney Baker doesn't know what she's going to do with the urn she's picked out for her little brother's ashes. They were supposed to arrive by express post from Edmonton to Vancouver mor...
Jan 10, 2021

COVID-19 vaccine arrives in remote First Nations across Canada
First Nations across Canada have begun to receive doses of COVID-19 vaccines as provincial immunization programs get underway and Indigenous leaders encourage people to roll up their sleeves. Six of 1...
Jan 10, 2021

Curfew goes into effect in Quebec amid soaring COVID-19 case numbers across Canada
COVID-19 numbers continued to soar in many parts of Canada on Saturday as a long-standing pandemic hot spot imposed the country's strictest public health measures to date. Quebec Premier Francois Lega...
Jan 09, 2021

Mandatory online learning leaves single parents with impossible choice
Every day, Jessy Duncombe has to figure out how to put food on the table, help her two school-aged kids navigate the complexities of online learning, and keep her three-year-old daughter occupied and ...
Jan 09, 2021

Regimental funeral and procession for Calgary officer fatally injured in traffic stop
CALGARY - A regimental funeral for a Calgary police officer killed in the line of duty is to be held this afternoon in the city and a procession following the service is to include a flypast by two CF...
Jan 09, 2021

They stayed the blazes home: Why East Coast politicians avoided COVID travel scandal
HALIFAX - While much of the rest of Canada was consumed with stories about politicians ignoring pandemic protocols and jetting south to sunny climes, Atlantic Canadians this week were puzzling over a ...
Jan 09, 2021