Category Archives: Canada
Canada to donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to combat mpox outbreaks in Africa
The Canadian government says it will donate up to 200,000 vaccine doses to fight the mpox outbreak in Congo and other African countries. It says the donated doses of Imvamune will come from Canada's e...
Sep 13, 2024
In the news today: Chances of disruption increasing at Air Canada
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed... Chances of disruption increasing as Air Canada pilot talks near deadline Air Canada says some operations will ...
Sep 13, 2024
Criminal trial for 'Freedom Convoy' organizers Lich and Barber to end after one year
OTTAWA - Today is expected to mark the end of the criminal trial for two prominent organizers of the "Freedom Convoy" protest, more than one year after the proceedings began. Tamara Lich and Chris Bar...
Sep 13, 2024
Court appearance for man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC
MONTREAL - A 20-year-old man arrested in Quebec last week over an alleged Islamic State terror plot to kill Jews in New York City has a court appearance today in Montreal. Muhammad Shahzeb Khan, a Pak...
Sep 13, 2024
Chances of disruption increasing as Air Canada pilot talks near deadline
TORONTO - Air Canada says some operations will start to be affected today as time is running out before a potential shutdown because of a labour dispute with its pilots The airline on Thursday called ...
Sep 13, 2024
Four-day rescue operation freed a humpback whale off northern B.C.: DFO
A humpback whale was so entangled in fishing gear, ropes and buoys that it took four days for a Fisheries Department crew to unravel the mess, Paul Cottrell said. The rescue off British Columbia's coa...
Sep 13, 2024
Ottawa loses bid to quash Israel advocates' lawsuit calling for halt to UNRWA funding
OTTAWA - The Federal Court has denied Ottawa's bid to quash a case in which advocates for Israel are asking for a reversal of Canada's temporary freeze on the main United Nations agency supporting Pal...
Sep 12, 2024
B.C. to scrap consumer carbon tax if federal government drops legal requirement: Eby
VANCOUVER - British Columbia Premier David Eby says his government will end the provincial carbon tax on consumers and shift the onus to "big polluters" if the federal government removes a legal requi...
Sep 12, 2024
Italian man who bought Churchill portrait surprised by international art caper
OTTAWA - An Italian lawyer who bought a portrait of Winston Churchill says he was surprised to learn five months later the answer to a puzzling, high-profile heist might be hanging on his living room ...
Sep 12, 2024
B.C. signs national pharmacare deal with Ottawa, promises to expand drug coverage
VANCOUVER - British Columbia has become the first province in Canada to sign a pharmacare agreement with the federal government that would help the province fund hormone replacement therapy and diabet...
Sep 12, 2024