Canada

Ottawa eyes charging airport security with vaccine verification for travellers

OTTAWA - Airport security agents may soon be screening more than your luggage. The federal government is mulling handing responsibility for verifying passengers' vaccination status to airport officers...

Oct 15, 2021

Hope hinges on emergency: Homeless shelter in central Alberta on brink of closure

RED DEER, Alta. - When a central Alberta city renewed its state of local emergency in response to rising COVID-19 cases, workers at an emergency shelter were overcome with relief. It meant they wouldn...

Oct 15, 2021

Closing submissions in B.C.'s money laundering inquiry to start today

VANCOUVER - Closing submissions in British Columbia's public inquiry into money laundering were set to begin today before the commission's final report and recommendations are due Dec. 15. The Cullen ...

Oct 15, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Top doctor brings in more rules for northern B.C. as COVID spreads

VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer has announced new restrictions for the northern health region in an attempt to stop the rapid spread of COVID-19 through those who are unvaccina...

Oct 14, 2021

B.C. school once slated to be built on cemetery offers reconciliation hope: advocate

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - The relocation of the construction of a secondary school in New Westminster, B.C., once planned to be built over a cemetery not used in a century, is an example of reconciliati...

Oct 14, 2021

Canadians among biggest energy users even as world moves toward net zero emissions

OTTAWA - An annual look at global energy systems suggests Canadians are - and will remain - among the biggest consumers of energy over the next decade even as policies ramp up to make the country more...

Oct 14, 2021

Extendicare leaving Saskatchewan following province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak

REGINA - Extendicare, a national private long-term care provider, is ending its contract with the government of Saskatchewan after the province's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak happened in one of its hom...

Oct 14, 2021

Canada must stay vigilant against COVID-19, including with border testing: Freeland

WASHINGTON - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is pouring cold water on the idea of letting travellers enter Canada without a COVID-19 test. Freeland says Canada needs to remain vigilant against...

Oct 14, 2021

Liberals keeping watchful eye for bottlenecks at Canadian ports, Freeland says

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland says she is keeping a close eye on the pace of trade at Canadian ports for signs of strain. So far Freeland suggests she hasn't seen difficulties similar to...

Oct 14, 2021

CP NewsAlert: No evidence of freight train involvement in B.C. wildfire: TSB

LYTTON, Australia - The Transportation Safety Board says there's no evidence that a freight train sparked a fire that destroyed the town of Lytton, B.C., this summer. The agency says that unless new i...

Oct 14, 2021