Canada

Urgent need in Alberta to address potent drug supply, overdose crisis: health experts

EDMONTON - Alberta needs to create an emergency program similar to ones in other provinces to address a toxic drug supply that is killing people, an emergency room doctor and public health professor s...

Jul 27, 2021

Alberta judge to sentence trucker found guilty in the death of a woman in hotel room

EDMONTON - An Ontario trucker found guilty for killing a woman in his Edmonton hotel room a decade ago is to learn his sentence today. Bradley Barton was convicted in February in the manslaughter of C...

Jul 27, 2021

Fix to software problem behind naval helicopter crash needed 'forthwith': experts

HALIFAX - The software issue identified as a cause of last year's naval helicopter crash off Greece that killed six Canadian crew members needs to be fixed without delay, say experts on the interplay ...

Jul 27, 2021

Infrastructure bank CEO says agency may spend more on zero-emission buses

OTTAWA - The head of a federal infrastructure financing agency says he has seen a shift in the types of transit projects cities want to build as they opt for zero-emission buses in lieu of large-scale...

Jul 27, 2021

A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country

As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase and case numbers drop across the country, the provinces and territories have begun releasing the reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational faciliti...

Jul 27, 2021

Fires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say

VANCOUVER - A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a meteorologist with the Unit...

Jul 26, 2021

B.C. public health order places moratorium on new mink farms due to COVID-19

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - British Columbia has placed a moratorium on new mink farms and capped existing farms at their current numbers after two more of the animals tested positive for the virus that causes...

Jul 26, 2021

Defamation lawsuit against commentator Kinsella should go ahead, Bernier argues

OTTAWA - A former member of Parliament and leader of a fringe federal political party says a defamation suit against a prominent political commentator and strategist should be allowed to proceed. Peop...

Jul 26, 2021

'A very gentle soul': Inuit react to Canada's first Inuk Governor General

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Sitting with her four-year-old daughter on her lap, Crystal Martin-Lepenskie had tears in her eyes as she watched Mary Simon become Canada's 30th Governor General. Simon, an Inuk bo...

Jul 26, 2021

White House to maintain travel restrictions as Delta ravages unvaccinated Americans

WASHINGTON - The White House is expected to keep international travel restrictions in place as the United States battles a resurgent COVID-19 among unvaccinated Americans. With only about 57 per cent ...

Jul 26, 2021