Canada

Mandatory hotel quarantines could harm lower-income Canadians: Lawyer

OTTAWA - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa's move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citi...

Feb 8, 2021

Two bodies found after children reported missing in western Quebec house fire

GATINEAU, Que. - Two bodies have been found after a fire tore through a home in western Quebec on Saturday night. Two children had been reported missing in the blaze, but a local police spokesman said...

Feb 7, 2021

Quebec passes 10,000 COVID-19 deaths as Ontario reports case of Brazil variant

Canada hit more unwanted firsts in its battle COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, as Quebec became the first province to surpass 10,000 deaths and Toronto reported Ontario's first case of a variant first ide...

Feb 7, 2021

MPs demand relocation of 2022 Olympics due to China's abuse of Uighurs

More than a dozen federal lawmakers from all parties are calling for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China, citing a "genocidal campaign" by its government against Uighurs and other Musli...

Feb 7, 2021

Federal funding to help former GGs set up charitable foundations is discretionary

OTTAWA - The federal government has allocated $30 million over the past 15 years to sustain charitable foundations created by governors general once they leave office. But Prime Minister Justin Trudea...

Feb 7, 2021

Grief persists for spouses of first responders, soldiers killed in line of duty

OTTAWA - Angela Gevaudan recalls the first year after her RCMP-officer husband was killed on duty as a whirlwind of responsibility and emotion that offered her little time to process her grief and los...

Feb 7, 2021

'Jarring experience' in B.C. psych wards because of 'uniquely problematic' law

VANCOUVER - A peer-support worker who helps youth with mental health challenges says being involuntarily detained in a psychiatric facility half a dozen times has given him insight into the lack of le...

Feb 7, 2021

Patients must transfer as health authority takes over B.C. hospice

SURREY, B.C. - Fraser Health says patients at the Irene Thomas Hospice in Delta, B.C., will have to transfer as the health authority prepares to take over from operators who refused to provide medical...

Feb 6, 2021

Nova Scotia Liberals to choose next leader and premier of the province

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's next premier will be decided on Saturday when members of the provincial Liberal party elect their new leader through a virtual convention.The race, triggered last summer when l...

Feb 6, 2021

Ottawa should require banks to share race-related data on services: business groups

OTTAWA - Canadian banks should have to disclose data related to race, gender, income and neighbourhoods to ensure more equitable access to credit and loans, say organizations representing racialized a...

Feb 6, 2021