Canada

RCMP breached policy on collection of online information: audit

OTTAWA - An internal review says the RCMP routinely flouted its own policies when gathering information from the internet, potentially endangering investigations and prosecutions. The newly released a...

Mar 23, 2021

Advocates critique rising jail figures in some provinces after initial COVID-19 fall

HALIFAX - A report by advocates for Canadian inmates is criticizing the rising rates of incarceration in at least two provincial jail systems amid the continuing pandemic. About a year after the first...

Mar 23, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Monday, March 22, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 11:00 p.m. ET on Monday March 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 143,559 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,097,84...

Mar 22, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 22, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 22, 2021. There are 938,719 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 938,719 confirmed cases (35,844 active, 880,...

Mar 22, 2021

PHAC president given until Friday to explain why two scientists let go

OTTAWA - The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada has been given until the end of the week to explain why two Canadian government scientists were let go 18 months after being escorted from ...

Mar 22, 2021

Family of Filipina woman wants accounting of her death in Montreal hospital

MONTREAL - The family of a woman who died in a Montreal-area hospital last month is calling on the coroner's office to investigate after troubling circumstances of her death came to light in a publish...

Mar 22, 2021

Federal, Quebec governments to spend $826 million to expand high-speed internet

TROIS-RIVIERES, Que. - For the second week in a row, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau shared a stage with Premier Francois Legault Monday as they made a joint funding announcement aimed at improving acce...

Mar 22, 2021

Trudeau calls University of Ottawa professor's remarks 'Quebec bashing'

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's had enough of "Quebec bashing" following controversial remarks from a University of Ottawa professor. At a press conference Monday, he and Quebec Premi...

Mar 22, 2021

Canadian Michael Kovrig tried in Beijing as Western nations protest

BEIJING - A second Canadian went on trial in Beijing on Monday after being detained for more than two years in apparent retaliation for the arrest in Vancouver of a top executive with Chinese telecom ...

Mar 22, 2021

Trudeau 'appalled' by homophobic graffiti outside Ottawa mayor's home

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's "appalled" that homophobic graffiti was painted on the road in front of Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson's home over the weekend.Trudeau says in a tweet that th...

Mar 22, 2021