Canada

First Nations brace for labour challenges brought by Omicron-fuelled COVID-19 surge

Many First Nations across the country are bracing for the spread of the Omicron variant as leaders prepare for labour shortages caused by COVID-19 that could be more severe in Indigenous communities. ...

Jan 8, 2022

Mounties eye corruption cases involving Canadian firms and new ways of resolving them

OTTAWA - RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Firms involved i...

Jan 8, 2022

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's health minister says he expects the country to reach a time in the COVID-19 pandemic when provinces consider implementing a broader vaccine man...

Jan 7, 2022

Feds setting up scholarship program to honour victims of plane shot down by Iran

TORONTO - The federal government is setting up a scholarship program honouring the victims of the passenger jet shot down by Iranian forces two years ago. The program is expected to disburse scholarsh...

Jan 7, 2022

Journalist for Montreal online radio station killed on the job in Haiti

MONTREAL - A journalist working for a Montreal-based online radio station was killed Thursday near the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, as he prepared to interview a member of an armed group about the...

Jan 7, 2022

Bail hearing to continue next week for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard

TORONTO - The bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will continue next week. Police have said he's charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement, wh...

Jan 7, 2022

Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner

OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third...

Jan 7, 2022

Father of Quebec girl murdered by stepmother sentenced to four years in prison

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Quebec Superior Court judge today sentenced the father of a girl who was murdered by her stepmother in April 2019 to four years in prison for his role in events leading to her ...

Jan 7, 2022

27 out of 130 passengers on Sunwing party flight to Mexico back in Canada: Duclos

OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says about 27 of the 130 passengers on the Sunwing party flight to Mexico have returned to Canada. Duclos told reporters today the returning traveller...

Jan 7, 2022

Advocates push for awareness of anti-Asian racism as new surveys highlight toll

OTTAWA - At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy Go knew Canada was about to repeat history. The president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice said she braced herself for t...

Jan 7, 2022