Canada

New video marks Canada's contributions to first Gulf War on 30th anniversary

OTTAWA - Canada's contribution to the liberation of Kuwait from Iraqi occupation is being commemorated in a new video released on the 30th anniversary of the start of what is now known as the first Gu...

Jan 17, 2021

COVID-19 hospitalizations drop in Quebec and Ontario; cases spike in New Brunswick

MONTREAL - A decline in the number hospitalizations in Ontario and Quebec on Sunday provided some small glimmers of a hope in a day marked by a rising COVID-19 death toll and record-breaking cases in ...

Jan 17, 2021

Victoria firefighters use homeowners' jackhammer to rescue cat trapped in tiny pipe

VICTORIA - A Victoria firefighter says using a jackhammer and other home repair tools to save a cat stuck in a tiny basement drainpipe ranks as the strangest rescue call he's been on in his 20-year ca...

Jan 17, 2021

No place for 'far right' in Conservative Party: O'Toole

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says there is "no place for the far right" in the party. O'Toole made the declaration in a statement today in which he lists the numerous ways that he...

Jan 17, 2021

'Morally and ethically wrong:' Court to hear challenge to Alberta coal policy removal

First Nations, ranchers, municipal officials and environmentalists hope to persuade a judge this week to force Alberta to revisit its decision to open one of the province's most important and best-lov...

Jan 17, 2021

Worldwide virtual prayer rally to be held for 'Canada's rabbi' after cancer diagnosis

OTTAWA, Ill. - For a man who has devoted his life to promoting kindness, a diagnosis of advanced-stage cancer in his pancreas and liver might seem the unkindest cut of all. But Rabbi Reuven Bulka, oft...

Jan 17, 2021

Canada's spy-catching system caused delay, angst in Delisle case: former FBI official

OTTAWA - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's former head of counter-intelligence says it fell to him to tell the RCMP about a spy in the Canadian navy, even though the Canadian Security Intelli...

Jan 17, 2021

Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts

VANCOUVER - Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say. T...

Jan 17, 2021

B.C. travel ban will cripple struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition

VICTORIA - A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the provincial government not to pursue plans to ban domestic travel in their efforts to curb the spread of COVID-19. The c...

Jan 16, 2021

COVID-19: Provinces work on revised plans as Pfizer-BioNTech shipments to slow down

Quebec and Ontario, the two provinces hit hardest by the COVID-19 pandemic, say a decision by drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to slow vaccine shipments in the coming weeks will mean changes to their respect...

Jan 16, 2021