Canada

Hasidic Jews in court to challenge Quebec's COVID-19 curfew in COVID red zones

MONTREAL - The Quebec Council of Hasidic Jews is heading to court to challenge the province's COVID-19 curfew, which it says will impede religious rights after daylight time comes into effect Sunday. ...

Mar 12, 2021

No biological explanation to tie AstraZeneca vaccine to blood clots: Sharma

OTTAWA - Health Canada's chief medical adviser says there is no scientific explanation to suggest a link between the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine and blood clots.Dr. Supriya Sharma says Health ...

Mar 12, 2021

Canada one step closer to being negligible-risk country for mad cow disease

OTTAWA - The federal minister of agriculture says Canada is an important step closer to being recognized as a negligible-risk country for mad cow disease. Marie-Claude Bibeau says in a news release th...

Mar 12, 2021

Trudeau says ramped up vaccine deliveries to bring 1M Pfizer doses per week to May 10

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Pfizer has guaranteed delivery of at least 1 million COVID-19 vaccine doses per week starting later this month and lasting into early May.Trudeau says the updated de...

Mar 12, 2021

Quebec City Halloween night stabbing suspect returns to court April 30

QUEBEC - The man accused in the Halloween night sword attack in Quebec City appeared briefly before a judge today and will see his case return to court April 30. Carl Girouard, 24, from the Montreal s...

Mar 12, 2021

Desmond inquiry: expert says Nova Scotia's health records system is 'antiquated'

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An expert in electronic patient records told an inquiry today that the systems Nova Scotia uses to keep track of patient files are "antiquated" and in need of a significant upg...

Mar 12, 2021

Naval officer to testify and no time shift for Yukon: In The News for March 12

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 12 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 12, 2021

'We got rid of it:' Canada, U.S. mark 30th anniversary of acid rain treaty

Tens of thousands of lakes were dying, their lifeless waters clear to the depths. Public statues were eroding, their features eaten away by acid falling from the skies.No more. Thirty years after Cana...

Mar 12, 2021

'It starts at home:' Former PM Brian Mulroney reflects on lessons from acid rain

The 30th anniversary of one of the most successful environmental treaties ever reached holds lessons for today's fight against climate change, says the man who negotiated the deal. "It starts at home,...

Mar 12, 2021

Yukon heralds time zone shift as Canadians ready to move clocks

WHITEHORSE - As other provinces and territories get ready to roll their clocks forward this weekend, the government official behind Yukon's move away from the seasonal time shift says it's been a rela...

Mar 12, 2021