Canada

Debris located 'likely' from fishing boat with two crew missing off Labrador

MARY'S HARBOUR - Searchers have located a blue storage tub that the joint rescue co-ordination centre says is likely debris from a nine-metre fishing boat that went missing with two men on board off L...

Sep 19, 2021

Imams ask Conservative candidate to quit over poor follow-up on apology for posts

ANTIGONISH, N.S. - The Canadian Council of Imams says the Conservative candidate in Nova Scotia's Central Nova riding must resign because his apology for Islamophobic media posts was an insincere atte...

Sep 19, 2021

Snowbird season: Canadian retirees hope for prompt COVID booster shots in U.S. south

WASHINGTON - Canadian snowbirds will be watching closely this week, suitcases at the ready and RVs full of fuel, to see if the United States finally eases the travel restrictions preventing them from ...

Sep 19, 2021

Quebecer Edith Blais talks writing and moving on after 450 days as hostage in Africa

MONTREAL - Almost 250 days into her 15-month captivity in Mali, Edith Blais realized her life was no longer her own, and she didn't know if she'd ever get it back. Separated from her travelling compan...

Sep 19, 2021

Party leaders to make final appeals to voters ahead of tomorrow's election

OTTAWA - Candidates are making their final appeals to voters today ahead of tomorrow's federal election. The three main party leaders have packed schedules as they try to reach as much of the electora...

Sep 19, 2021

Obituary published in Amherst, N.S., describes family of six who died in trailer fire

AMHERST, N.S. - The obituary of a Nova Scotia family who died in a fire in a travel trailer a week ago is providing further details about the mother, father and four young children. The information pu...

Sep 18, 2021

P.E.I. Green Leader says Tory premier's scolding him on COVID-19 revealed as improper

CHARLOTTETOWN - Prince Edward Island's Opposition leader says a rise in COVID-19 cases has revealed the inappropriateness of a public scolding dished out by the premier over criticisms of the governme...

Sep 18, 2021

Quebec judge refuses request for fully vaccinated jury at Montreal trial

MONTREAL - A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled a juror doesn't need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 to participate in a Montreal fraud trial. Justice Mario Longpr wrote in ruling released ...

Sep 18, 2021

Search of shore and waters underway for two men missing off Labrador coast

MARY'S HARBOUR, N.L. - A search is underway for an overdue fishing vessel with two men on board that departed a small coastal community in Labrador on Friday morning. The nine-metre boat with two outb...

Sep 18, 2021

N.S. premier tells people who protested at public health doctor's home to 'grow up'

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier has asked people who protested proof-of-vaccination policies outside the home of the province's chief medical officer of health to consider act...

Sep 18, 2021