Canada

Feds have not 'demonstrated need' for security-screening measures: privacy watchdog

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is pressing for changes to security screening procedures for public servants. An internal memo prepared by the privacy commissioner's office says the government h...

Dec 22, 2020

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Dec. 14 in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Canada h...

Greg Fry Dec 22, 2020

Lockdown to begin for all of Ontario on Boxing Day as province sees soaring cases

TORONTO - Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day in an effort to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control, a move the province announced Monday after health advisors said thousands of infection...

Dec 21, 2020

Jade boulder stolen in B.C. has nothing but sentimental value, says owner

CACHE CREEK, B.C. - The owner of a gift store in British Columbia's southern Interior says no one will benefit if a huge jade boulder stolen from the front of her shop is carved up by thieves. The nea...

Dec 21, 2020

Correctional officers arrested in death of Indigenous man in N.L. jail: police

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police say several correctional officers have been arrested in connection with the death of an Indigenous man in a Newfoundland and Labrador provincial jail. The Royal Newfoundland ...

Dec 21, 2020

Estate of Nova Scotia mass killer Gabriel Wortman valued at $2.1 million

HALIFAX - The estate belonging to Nova Scotia mass murderer Gabriel Wortman is valued at $2.1 million - about one-third of which is in cash seized by police, according to newly released court document...

Dec 21, 2020

Ontario premier demands increased COVID-19 testing at airports as new variant emerges

OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the federal government today for not moving faster on COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers as a new variant is prompting more border closur...

Dec 21, 2020

'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel

MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell." The 52-year-old Canad...

Dec 21, 2020

Moderna establishing Canadian division amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout

OTTAWA - U.S. biotech firm Moderna is establishing a Canadian office as it ramps up plans to rolls out its COVID-19 vaccine here as soon as Health Canada approves it.Patricia Gauthier, the new general...

Dec 21, 2020

Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll

OTTAWA - New polling suggests many Canadians who have contracted COVID-19 worried they would die from the illness.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian Studies found that 35 per cent - o...

Dec 21, 2020