Canada

Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...

May 27, 2021

Liberal MP caught on camera during virtual House of Commons, again

OTTAWA - Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcam.Amos says in a statement posted to Twitter that while he was taking part in a virtual session of the House of Commons the...

May 27, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, May 27, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 408,034 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,346,...

May 27, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, May 27, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. There are 1,371,073 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,371,073 confirmed cases (42,104 active...

May 27, 2021

B.C. aims for end of summer for second vaccine shot for all, says Dr. Bonnie Henry

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced Thursda...

May 27, 2021

Bodies of 215 children buried at former Kamloops Indian Residential School site

TK'EMLUPS TE SECWEPEMC, B.C. - The chief of the Tk'emlps te Secwpemc calls the discovery "unthinkable."The band confirmed Thursday it has found the remains of 215 children buried on the site of the fo...

May 27, 2021

Calgary Stampede a calculated risk, potential example for post-COVID behaviour: mayor

EDMONTON - The Calgary Stampede, increasingly touted by Alberta Premier Jason Kenney as the brass ring for defeating COVID-19, won't look like the whoop-up of years past if it goes ahead, says the cit...

May 27, 2021

Abandoned oil and gas wells will be cleaned up despite backlog: Alberta regulator

EDMONTON - There's lots of life in Alberta's conventional oil industry and plenty of resources and political will to clean up the mess it leaves behind, says the head of the province's energy regulato...

Andrew Snook May 27, 2021

Expert panel recommends Liberal government end COVID-19 quarantine hotel stay

OTTAWA - Canada's requirement for air travellers to quarantine for up to three days at a hotel is an expensive, inconsistent policy that contains loopholes and should be ditched, according to a new re...

May 27, 2021

Trans Mountain pipeline begins construction of tunnel in Burnaby, B.C.

BURNABY, B.C. - Construction has begun on the 2.6-kilometre tunnel in Burnaby, B.C., for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project. The company says in a news release the work on the tunnel connec...

May 27, 2021