Canada

MAID litigant says disability doesn't make her vulnerable to pressure to end her life

OTTAWA - Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a ...

Dec 16, 2020

Manitoba, three Atlantic provinces to start COVID-19 vaccinations

More provinces are planning to administer their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today. Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be getting the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. Nova Scotia, Prince E...

Dec 16, 2020

'Build it and they will come': Canada's public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19

MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....

Dec 16, 2020

Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday

HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...

Dec 15, 2020

Quebec orders all non-essential businesses closed from Dec. 25 until at least Jan. 11

MONTREAL - Quebec is shutting down most businesses and all primary and secondary schools until at least Jan. 11, as authorities try to get a handle on a second wave of COVID-19 that is forcing hospita...

Dec 15, 2020

Government Senate rep concedes MAID bill may not be constitutional

OTTAWA - The government's representative in the Senate concedes it's possible that a bill to expand access to assisted dying may be struck down as unconstitutional by the courts. Sen. Marc Gold says i...

Dec 15, 2020

Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon found not guilty on rape charge

MONTREAL - Former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon, founder of the Just for Laughs festival, has been found not guilty on charges of rape and indecent assault. The accusations against Rozon stemmed f...

Dec 15, 2020

Alberta ad man who created Mr. Covid campaign happy about response

EDMONTON - An ad man behind Alberta's much talked-about COVID-19 awareness campaign says he's happy about the attention it has receivedKurt Beaudoin of ZGM Modern Marketing Partners in Edmonton says m...

Dec 15, 2020

Government promises resources in search for Manitoba sailor who fell overboard

OTTAWA - The Canadian government says it will use all available resources to find a master sailor from Manitoba who is believed to have accidentally fallen overboard while on the HMCS Winnipeg.A new r...

Dec 15, 2020

Special adviser Ralph Goodale reports on Canada's response to Iran plane crash

OTTAWA - Canada's special adviser on Iran's January shootdown of the Ukrainian Airlines jetliner that killed all 176 people on board is recommending special attention be paid to those who lost loved o...

Dec 15, 2020