Canada

COVID-19 vaccine still months away but review team working to speed approvals

OTTAWA - Health Canada is in talks with all of the vaccine developers that signed supply deals with the federal government to kick-start the approval process and get COVID-19 vaccines to Canadians as ...

Oct 08, 2020

Saskatchewan First Nation locks down after COVID cases spread from religious meetings

REGINA - A northern Saskatchewan First Nation has been locked down and its schools closed over concerns of COVID-19 transmission following a series of religious services where participants were unmask...

Oct 08, 2020

Miller to discuss racism in health care with Indigenous leaders as COVID cases rise

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he's convening a high-level meeting with Indigenous leaders to tackle systematic racism in health care as communities brace for the second wave o...

Oct 08, 2020

Transport Minister unveils new safety measures after fatal railway yard accident

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out new measures to tighten rail safety following an investigation into a fatal 2017 incident at a Saskatchewan railway yard. Transport Minister Marc Garneau...

Oct 08, 2020

Nunavut declares COVID-19 outbreak at mine contained; some workers can travel home

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says an outbreak of COVID-19 at a gold mine has been contained. Dr. Michael Patterson says there are 10 positive cases and six presumptive case...

Oct 08, 2020

Hearing resumes for N.S. man alleging racial bias during 2018 arrest in Halifax park

HALIFAX - A Halifax man is arguing in front of a police review board that his race played a role in his 2018 arrest and jailing after he and his spouse stopped in park to make a phone call. The hearin...

Oct 08, 2020

Nunavut premier strips housing minister of cabinet portfolios for social media post

Nunavut Premier Joe Savikataaq has stripped the territory's housing minister of his cabinet portfolios over a social media post about the Black Lives Matter movement. Patterk Netser had served as hous...

Oct 08, 2020

Top Nunavut judge denies request for territory's first written Gladue report

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's top judge says one of the reasons the territorial court doesn't order reports into the background of Indigenous offenders before they are sentenced is that there are no wr...

Oct 08, 2020

Fighting for relevance and survival, Parti Quebecois to elect new leader Friday

MONTREAL - A comedian, a historian, a lawyer and an establishment politician are all vying to lead the Parti Quebecois, the once-mighty political party whose purpose and future are today being openly ...

Oct 08, 2020

COVID-19 numbers continue to surge in Ontario, Quebec ahead of Thanksgiving weekend

Canada's largest province is reporting the most new cases of COVID-19 it's had in a single day since the beginning of the pandemic. Ontario has announced 797 new cases of the virus, and Health Ministe...

Oct 08, 2020