Canada

Women's organization urges Inuit women to get COVID-19 shot, citing increased risks

A national Inuit women's organization is calling on Inuit women and families across Canada to get vaccinated against COVID-19.Speaking from her home in Baker Lake, Nunavut, Pauktuutit Inuit Women of C...

Mar 17, 2021

Quebec health officials investigate job posting requiring applicants be white women

MONTREAL - A regional health authority north of Montreal says it is investigating after it was revealed one of its job postings last year for a patient attendant required candidates be white women. Mo...

Mar 17, 2021

Watchdog says some Microsoft Exchange servers in Canada affected by security gap

TORONTO, Ohio - Canada's main cybersecurity watchdog is warning that organizations of all sizes need to protect themselves from a recently discovered vulnerability in Microsoft Exchange email servers....

Mar 17, 2021

Federal, B.C. New Democrat politician Ian Waddell remembered for his passion, desire

VANCOUVER - Federal and provincial leaders are among those offering condolences at the passing of long-serving British Columbia politician Ian Waddell. The former lawyer, New Democrat member of Parlia...

Mar 17, 2021

Canada's Transportation Safety Board receives Iran's report on downing of Flight 752

OTTAWA - The Transportation Safety Board says it has received the final report into events surrounding a passenger jet shot down by the Iranian military in January 2020.The investigation by Iranian ai...

Mar 17, 2021

Female senior officer quits military, 'sickened' by sexual misconduct allegations

OTTAWA - A female officer of the Canadian Armed Forces is quitting the military, saying she is "sickened" by investigations into alleged sexual misconduct by senior military leaders. In her sharply wo...

Mar 17, 2021

A muted St. Patrick's Day and an 'offensive' Bigfoot movie: In The News for March 17

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 17 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 17, 2021

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. Also, the federal government said...

Mar 17, 2021

Meng's lawyers to resume case in court, allege her arrest was unlawful

VANCOUVER - The actions of RCMP and Canadian border officers in the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are expected to be at the centre of her extradition case today as it resumes in B.C. Supreme...

Mar 17, 2021

Peter MacKay to sit out this week's Conservative party convention

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leadership candidate and longtime party stalwart Peter MacKay won't attend the party's policy convention this week. MacKay cited work and family as the reason for his abse...

Mar 17, 2021