Canada

Immunocompromised should receive 3rd COVID-19 mRNA vaccine: immunization panel

OTTAWA - A national advisory panel recommends people who are immunocompromised receive a third vaccine dose against COVID-19. The National Advisory Committee on Immunization released the advice today ...

Sep 10, 2021

Federal leaders back on the hustings after back-to-back debates

OTTAWA - Federal party leaders are back on the campaign trail after locking horns in two back-to-back leaders' debates, while Canadians started voting in advance polls. NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh was ea...

Sep 10, 2021

Hurricane Larry headed for eastern Newfoundland where gusts could reach 140 km/h

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - As hurricane Larry churns its way toward eastern Newfoundland, residents of the Avalon Peninsula are being warned to brace for hurricane-force winds gusting at 140 kilometres per ho...

Sep 10, 2021

The English debate and a Canadian star lights up New York: In The News for Sept. 10

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 Sept. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Sep 10, 2021

Afghanistan's first female Olympian urges Canada to speed asylum process for refugees

VANCOUVER - Shortly after Afghanistan fell to the Taliban, Friba Rezayee's phone started lighting up with messages from women and girls pleading for help. Rezayee, who made history as one of Afghanist...

Sep 10, 2021

Former B.C. lottery director says he's 'whistleblower' on money laundering at casinos

VANCOUVER - A former director of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation's anti-money laundering office says he is the "whistleblower" that likely prompted the public inquiry examining how hundreds o...

Sep 9, 2021

The Latest on the federal leaders' English-language election debate

The Latest on the English-language leaders' debate among Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet and Green ...

Sep 9, 2021

Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school

WHITEHORSE - Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory...

Sep 9, 2021

Plea deal possible for Quebec woman accused of sending Donald Trump poison

WASHINGTON - A United States federal prosecutor says his office is working on a plea deal that could be offered to a Quebec woman accused last year of sending poison to former president Donald Trump. ...

Sep 9, 2021

Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry has submitted subpoenas to the RCMP: spokeswoman

HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the mass killing in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last year has filed almost 50 subpoenas to compel the release of information from several organizations, inclu...

Sep 9, 2021