Canada

Health Canada approves first COVID-19 vax for youngest kids

OTTAWA - Canada's drug regulator approved Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for infants and preschoolers, making it the first vaccine approved for that age group in the country. Health Canada now says the Mo...

Sheldon Spackman Jul 14, 2022

Ending forced sterilization, BoC gov. speaks after rate hike: In The News for July 14

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of July 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jul 14, 2022

Senate committee to recommend changes to end 'horrific' forced, coerced sterilization

OTTAWA - The Senate is expected to release recommendations today to end forced and coerced sterilization in Canada. The committee on human rights has been looking into the issue and is holding a press...

Jul 14, 2022

Muslim relief charity asks Supreme Court to rule on refusal to freeze suspension

OTTAWA - A Muslim international relief charity is telling the Supreme Court of Canada the federal government should not be allowed to "shoot first and hold a hearing later" when it comes to levying ad...

Jul 14, 2022

Old computer technology points the way to future of quantum computing

VANCOUVER - Researchers have made a breakthrough in quantum technology development that has the potential to leave today's supercomputers in the dust, opening the door to advances in fields including ...

Jul 14, 2022

Miners say baby woolly mammoth find in Yukon is biggest event in life so far

WHITEHORSE - Travis Delawski went out looking for gold but found something even more precious. The miner for Treadstone Gold got in his excavator on June 21 just before lunch and set out for the river...

Jul 13, 2022

Federal government to provide more than $35 million for supports during papal visit

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide more than $35 million during the papal visit to Canada to support Indigenous communities, organizations and residential schools survivors. Pope Fra...

Jul 13, 2022

Ex-Tory staffer faces mischief charge for alleged Zoom theft from O'Toole: sources

OTTAWA - The RCMP says former Conservative staffer Dion Ahwai has been charged with mischief to data, which sources say is related to an investigation of the alleged theft of materials from Erin O'Too...

Jul 13, 2022

Where do Canada's provinces and territories stand on COVID-19 fourth doses?

Canada's provinces are taking differing approaches to rolling out fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccines. Some are offering the second boosters to all adults in response to the highly contagious BA.4 and B...

Jul 13, 2022

Spouse of Nova Scotia mass shooter reveals grim new details about their life together

HALIFAX - For 19 years, Lisa Banfield lived with a man described as a controlling, abusive psychopath who repeatedly beat her. This long-term pattern of gender-based violence is described in detail in...

Jul 13, 2022