Canada

Ninety-seven-year-old dies in blaze at Montreal seniors residence

Montreal police say a 97-year-old woman died in a fire at a retirement home on Tuesday in northeastern Montreal. Police confirmed today the victim died of her injuries a few hours after being transpor...

Sep 8, 2021

'Gasps all around:' New Burgess Shale fossil sheds light on the evolution of bigness

It was getting late and the team of paleontologists excavating a previously unexplored outcrop of the Burgess Shale was ready to call it a day. A camera crew filming the dig in Kootenay National Park ...

Sep 8, 2021

French federal debate and BoC interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 8

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. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Sep 8, 2021

Learning about 9/11: Attacks part of identity, racism lesson in Canadian classrooms

Most undergraduate students sitting in a class about Canada's military history at the University of Calgary have never known or can't remember a world before Sept. 11, 2001. David Bercuson, an associa...

Sep 8, 2021

RCMP decides against apology to Black community for excessive Halifax street checks

HALIFAX - The RCMP says there will be no formal apology to Halifax's Black communities for its heavy use of street checks, despite the Halifax regional police having done so almost two years ago. Stre...

Sep 8, 2021

Tonight's French debate, Thursday's English debate pivotal for federal leaders

OTTAWA - Five federal party leaders will face off in the first of two official election debates tonight in what may well be their best chance to sway voters before election day on Sept. 20. With less ...

Sep 8, 2021

Yukon launches online COVID-19 vaccine credential system

WHITEHORSE - Yukon is launching an online COVID-19 vaccine credential system, with the territory's premier saying there are no immediate plans for a vaccine mandate seen in other provinces and territo...

Sep 7, 2021

Coroner's inquest begins into Montreal-area care home where dozens died of COVID-19

MONTREAL - An inquest into a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens died during the first wave of COVID-19 began today with coroner Ghane Kamel promising to search for the truth of what happen...

Sep 7, 2021

Premier, health officials set to release details of B.C.'s vaccine passport

VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan is set to release details of British Columbia's incoming COVID-19 vaccine card system, which is to roll out next week. Horgan, Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial ...

Sep 7, 2021

Hurricane Larry could be headed for Newfoundland on Friday, but track uncertain

HALIFAX - Residents of eastern Newfoundland are being warned hurricane Larry could have an impact on the Avalon Peninsula on Friday. The Canadian Hurricane Centre in Halifax has issued a tropical cycl...

Sep 7, 2021