Canada

Montreal-area ambulance paramedics announce strike; say medical care to be maintained

MONTREAL - The union representing ambulance paramedics in the Montreal and Laval areas says just over 1,000 of its members will be on strike as of midnight. Union spokeswoman Eve-Marie Lacasse says th...

Jun 13, 2021

Police mourn death of Mountie killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan

Police are mourning the death of an RCMP officer killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan yesterday. Const. Shelby Patton was hit by an allegedly stolen truck that he had pulled over at about ...

Jun 13, 2021

Senior officer who golfed with Vance has power over military police investigations

OTTAWA - One of the senior military officers who golfed with former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance has the power to direct military investigations. Vice-chief of the defence staff Lt.-Gen. ...

Jun 13, 2021

'No such thing as impossible:' Nunavut MP reflects on time in Parliament

Sitting in her Ottawa apartment on a hot morning, Mumilaaq Qaqqaq thinks about her grandparents, who, like most Nunavut Inuit of their generation, grew up on the land. She thinks about her father, who...

Jun 13, 2021

Indigenous child-welfare battle heads to court despite calls for Ottawa to drop cases

Ottawa's controversial legal challenge of a pair of rulings involving First Nations children torn from their families by a chronically underfunded childcare system heads to Federal Court Monday, despi...

Jun 13, 2021

Advocates call for more rights for migrant workers amid deaths on the job

It's dawn in Batangas, a city more than a hundred kilometres north of the Philippine capital city of Manila, when Eric Gutierrez recalls memories of his college best friend Efren Reyes. Reyes was smar...

Jun 13, 2021

Trudeau to share details on Canada's COVID-19 vaccine-sharing plan after G7 summit

CARBIS BAY, United Kingdom - Canada is set to unveil details on how it will offer the world up to 100 million vaccine doses to help stop the spread of COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is wrappi...

Jun 13, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for June 12, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday June 12, 2021. There are 1,401,006 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,401,006 confirmed cases (17,599 active...

Jun 12, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on June 12, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday June 12, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 398,766 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,624,...

Jun 12, 2021

Alberta launches COVID vaccine lottery with million-dollar prizes to encourage uptake

EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine...

Jun 12, 2021