Canada

Newfoundland government opening office in Poland to help relocate Ukrainian refugees

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador government is opening an office in Poland to help Ukrainian refugees relocate to the province. Premier Andrew Furey announced the plan today in St. Joh...

Mar 17, 2022

Vaccinated travellers won't need COVID-19 test to enter Canada as of April 1

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says vaccinated travellers will no longer need to show a COVID-19 test to enter Canada beginning April 1. Incoming tourists will still need to be vacc...

Sheldon Spackman Mar 17, 2022

Indigenous mother proposes class action lawsuit on birth alerts in Manitoba

WINNIPEG - A woman whose newborn was removed by police and social workers in a video broadcast live on social media in 2019 has proposed a class-action lawsuit against the Manitoba government. The wom...

Mar 17, 2022

Supreme Court won't hear appeal of Nova Scotia's man's 'Grabher' licence plate case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear an appeal by a Nova Scotia man who was seeking to reverse the revocation of a personalized licence plate bearing his surname, "Grabher." As is customary...

Mar 17, 2022

Supreme Court dismisses appeal to stop class action against RCMP for bullying

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear an appeal from the federal government trying to stop a class action against the RCMP over bullying and harassment. Last fall the Federal Court of App...

Mar 17, 2022

WHO may reject Canadian-made Medicago COVID-19 vaccine because of ties to big tobacco

OTTAWA - The World Health Organization says it is expecting to reject the COVID-19 vaccine candidate from Canada's Medicago because of the company's ties to big tobacco. The Medicago Covifenz vaccine ...

Mar 17, 2022

Plan for associate physicians in British Columbia is stalled by pandemic

VANCOUVER - B.C.'s remedy for bringing more foreign-trained doctors into the medical profession has been delayed, sidelining potential candidates and prolonging pressure on the province's health syste...

Mar 17, 2022

Under headline jobs figures, report finds pockets of weakness in rebound for women

OTTAWA - A new report says women's historically high numbers in the country's labour force remain below where they might have been if COVID-19 had never occurred. The report from the Labour Market Inf...

Mar 17, 2022

More Line 5 disputes, GG requested briefing on Indian Act : In The News for March 17

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 March 17 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 17, 2022

Michigan wants 'to have its cake and eat it too' on Line 5: chambers of commerce

WASHINGTON - Business leaders from the United States and Canada are again wading into the fray over Line 5, accusing the state of Michigan of dragging its heels to ensure the controversial cross-borde...

Mar 17, 2022