Category Archives: Canada
Four people including baby found dead in Manitoba near U.S. border
WINNIPEG - Mounties in Manitoba say they have found the bodies of four people - including an infant and a teen - near the United States border. They say the four died from exposure during a blizzard a...
Jan 20, 2022
Nunavut health minister wants to see more people vaccinated against COVID-19
IQALUIT - Nunavut's health minister says he's concerned too many residents are either not vaccinated or not fully vaccinated against COVID-19. John Main says he wants people to encourage their friends...
Jan 20, 2022
Housing ministers meet as MPs ready to for more hearings on pace of price gains
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives say they plan to recommend a change in how home prices are captured in headline inflation figures, arguing the current readings underestimate the impact. The part...
Jan 20, 2022
Ottawa inks agreement to share more residential schools records to Winnipeg centre
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa has reached an agreement with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to hand over more records on residential sc...
Jan 20, 2022
NDP must decide if it wants to be Parliament's conscience or win: polling analyst
OTTAWA - A polling and political analyst says the New Democrats need to decide whether they want to be the "conscience of Parliament" or win an election. Philippe Fournier of 338Canada.com says polls ...
Jan 20, 2022
Russia faces severe sanctions if it moves further into Ukraine, says Canada's Joly
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada will join allies in imposing severe sanctions on Russian officials if the country takes further military action to compromise Ukrainian sovere...
Jan 20, 2022
Joly wraps Ukraine trip amid fears of Russian invasion in standoff with West, NATO
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada has not decided whether it will help arm Ukraine's forces with military hardware after NATO ally Britain said Monday it would supply anti-tank...
Jan 20, 2022
Calls to scrap carbon capture tax credit, COVID treatments : In The News for Jan. 20
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 Jan. 20 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 20, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Calls to reduce COVID isolation for seniors in care as it may do more harm than good
MONTREAL - After 10 days of preventive COVID-19 isolation in her room at a Montreal care facility, Joanne Bland's 84-year-old mother has more difficulty moving and expressing herself. "My mother, she ...
Jan 20, 2022