Canada

Sexual assault victims complain of 'rude' treatment by MPs at committees

OTTAWA - Melissa Lukings was in the middle of sharing her expertise in cybersecurity and her lived experience as a former sex worker during a Commons committee hearing earlier this month when the meet...

May 2, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, May 1, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Saturday May 1, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 232,177 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,652,37...

May 1, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, May 1, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Saturday May 1, 2021. There are 1,227,035 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,227,035 confirmed cases (83,495 active, 1,...

May 1, 2021

Hot spot town expecting J&J COVID-19 vaccine says officials seeking other sources

The mayor of a COVID-19 hot spot in Alberta says she's disappointed that Johnson & Johnson vaccines earmarked for her community are delayed, but values the work Health Canada is doing to ensure ev...

May 1, 2021

Port of Montreal to resume operations as legislation forces dock workers back to work

MONTREAL - Operations at the Port of Montreal are expected to resume gradually beginning Saturday after the Senate passed legislation forcing striking workers back on the job. The House of Commons app...

May 1, 2021

'Relatively bleak:' Post-secondary students face rising debt and few summer jobs

CALGARY - Michelle Benz thought she was playing it smart when she went back to school after being laid off from the oil and gas sector six years ago. She completed her bachelor of urban planning at th...

May 1, 2021

The COVID-Zero approach: Why Atlantic Canada excels at slowing the spread of COVID-19

HALIFAX - Canadians living outside the Atlantic region could be forgiven for rolling their eyes when Nova Scotia called in the military this week, having reported just 96 new cases of COVID-19 on Tues...

May 1, 2021

Hospitalizations, ICU admissions growing for younger Canadians in third wave

OTTAWA - High vaccination rates among seniors and more infectious variants of COVID-19 are shifting the weight of the pandemic in Canada to younger people. An analysis of data published online by Heal...

May 1, 2021

'People were upset': Parliament's language interpreters told no sick pay during COVID

OTTAWA - Interpreters who have been the French or English voice of politicians and top doctors for the public during the COVID-19 pandemic say a federal department has told them that if they fall ill,...

May 1, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, April 30, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021. There are 1,219,425 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,219,425 confirmed cases (83,319 active...

Apr 30, 2021