Canada

Nunavut lifts 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers

IQALUIT - Travellers who have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will soon be exempt from a 14-day stay in Nunavut's government-run isolation hotels. Fully vaccinated travellers will be free to t...

Jun 7, 2021

Beheaded statue of Egerton Ryerson, toppled Sunday in Toronto, won't be replaced

TORONTO - The president of Ryerson University in Toronto says a statue of the university's namesake has been pulled down by protesters and will not be replaced. A statement from university president M...

Jun 7, 2021

Canada to receive 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week

OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive 2.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as more Canadians get their first and second jabs. Those shots are the only expected shipmen...

Jun 7, 2021

Air Canada says senior executives to voluntarily return 2020 bonuses

MONTREAL - Air Canada says its senior executives have chosen to return their 2020 bonuses in response to "public disappointment." The airline company says in a news release the president and CEO, as w...

Jun 6, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, June 6, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday June 6, 2021. There are 1,392,563 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,392,563 confirmed cases (24,194 active, 1,3...

Jun 6, 2021

Weekend brings lower COVID-19 counts across much of Canada

OTTAWA - A summery weekend across much of Canada is bringing even better news as many parts of the country are reporting their smallest number of new COVID-19 infections in months. Ontario and Quebec ...

Jun 6, 2021

Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet criticize him on COVID actions

EDMONTON - Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet are openly criticizing him for actions surrounding COVID-19. Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer are taking Kenney to task for refusing to ap...

Jun 6, 2021

Trudeau's comments 'unfair' about Church and residential schools: Toronto archbishop

TORONTO - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning following comments from the Prime Minister about the Catholic Church's role in Canadian residential schools. ...

Jun 6, 2021

'Convenient ignorance:' Canadians' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking

TORONTO - Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sor...

Jun 6, 2021

'Explosion of fury and violence and blood,' Toronto's shelters see rise in violence

TORONTO - New data shows the number of violent incidents in Toronto shelters has more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon those who use the system say is partially driving an incre...

Jun 6, 2021