Canada

U.S. to require all inbound foreign air passengers to get COVID test the day before

WASHINGTON - By early next week, Canadians and all other foreign visitors who travel to the United States by air will need to get a COVID-19 test no later than the day before their departure. U.S. Pre...

Sheldon Spackman Dec 2, 2021

More rain for BC, fighting Islamophobia in Ontario schools : In The News for Dec. 2

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 Dec. 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Dec 2, 2021

Flood warnings, evacuations remain in place in British Columbia

VANCOUVER - Several rivers in British Columbia were under flood warnings on Wednesday as hundreds of homes remained evacuated because of heavy rainfall. There were 12 evacuation orders involving 350 h...

Dec 2, 2021

Canadians in South Africa face cancelled flights, uncertainty as they try to return

MONTREAL - Megan Tanya Hodgkinson was visiting relatives in South Africa last week when Canada imposed travel restrictions on several African countries after scientists detected a new variant of the n...

Dec 1, 2021

COVID-19 shows up in Canadian wildlife for first time with three Quebec deer infected

OTTAWA - For the first time, the COVID-19 virus has been detected in Canadian wildlife. Environment Canada says the virus was detected late last month in three wild white-tailed deer in Quebec. The de...

Dec 1, 2021

Indigenous leaders concerned over B.C. government's old-growth deferral process

Indigenous leaders and experts in British Columbia outlined their concerns Wednesday over the provincial government's process to save old-growth forests, while underscoring the urgency to preserve at-...

Dec 1, 2021

Quebec to introduce tracking bracelets for some conjugal violence offenders

MONTREAL - Quebec will begin requiring some domestic violence offenders to wear electronic tracking bracelets beginning next spring, the province's public security minister announced Wednesday. Genevi...

Dec 1, 2021

Canada kicks Boeing from jet competition, narrows search to F-35 and Swedish Gripen

OTTAWA - Canada has officially narrowed its decade-long hunt for a new fighter jet to two choices as the federal government confirmed U.S. aerospace giant Boeing's Super Hornet is out of the running t...

Dec 1, 2021

Interim Green Leader Amita Kuttner ready to get tough on party infighting

OTTAWA - Amita Kuttner, the new interim Green leader, says they will be ready to take tough disciplinary action to deal with party members who "have been at each other's throats." The astrophysicist, ...

Dec 1, 2021

Lawyer questions coverage of First Nations water settlement as deal to be ratified

A lawyer for several First Nations says he can't get a clear answer on which Indigenous communities will be covered by a class-action settlement on drinking water - even though an $8-billion deal is s...

Dec 1, 2021