Canada

Manitoba's chief public health officer discusses lessons learned during pandemic

WINNIPEG - A little more than six months into Manitoba's COVID-19 state of emergency, the province's chief public health officer says there have been lessons learned in terms of fighting the novel cor...

Oct 04, 2020

Joyce Echaquan's death highlights systemic racism in health care, experts say

MONTREAL - The fate of Joyce Echaquan, an Indigenous woman who died in a Quebec hospital after filming staff insulting her, is a tragic example of the systemic racism many Indigenous people face when ...

Oct 04, 2020

Experts, national parents group, call for specialized proton therapy clinic in Canada

HALIFAX - An advocacy group for children's cancer research says it's time Canada makes an advanced form of radiotherapy, called proton beam therapy, more widely available. Canada is the only G7 countr...

Oct 04, 2020

Bob Rae brings tough talk to UN diplomacy, including Security Council

OTTAWA - Two months after Canada lost the election to the United Nations Security Council, the country's new ambassador was there anyway, speaking frankly about the Syrian civil war. He wasn't making ...

Oct 04, 2020

New faces bring renewal, political opportunity after B.C.'s Oct. 24 election

VICTORIA, China - It's still a long way from election day in British Columbia, but one thing is certain after the Oct. 24 vote, there will be at least 15 new faces in the legislature. The number of pe...

Oct 04, 2020

Montreal shooting leaves two women dead; alleged killer wounded by police

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog says two women are dead and one man injured after a shooting in Montreal. The Independent Investigations Bureau (BEI) says a man shot and killed two women Satu...

Oct 03, 2020

Art depicting Viola Desmond displayed on building where she was arrested in 1946

NEW GLASGOW, N.S. - An art display paying tribute to Viola Desmond is nearing completion on the building where the civil rights icon took her most high-profile stand against racial inequality in ...

Oct 03, 2020

Newfoundland and Labrador Tories vote against leadership review of Ches Crosbie

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Progressive Conservative Party of Newfoundland and Labrador has voted down a motion to hold a leadership review of its leader. The party says in a news release th...

Oct 03, 2020

Malls say visits with Santa will be different this year, but still magical

Shopping centres say meeting Santa will be just as magical for children this Christmas, even if it has to be at a distance of two metres - or via webcam. At some malls, like Carrefour de l'Estrie in S...

Oct 03, 2020

'Justice for Joyce' rally planned in Montreal to honour Indigenous woman

MONTREAL - A protest is planned in Montreal in honour of an Indigenous woman who was subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital. The Native Women's Shelter is organizing the "Justice ...

Oct 03, 2020