Canada

Premier Kenney says no punishment for MLAs, government staff who travelled out of country

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has ordered all cabinet ministers and senior government officials not to vacation outside Canada after learning of multiple recent trips by party officials and ...

Andrew Snook Jan 01, 2021

HMCS Halifax sets sail on 6-month deployment on New Year's Day

HALIFAX - A naval ship based in Nova Scotia left the country today bound for a six-month deployment in support of a long-standing NATO training mission. The HCMS Halifax is set to join NATO's Operatio...

Jan 01, 2021

Canadian polar bear swims to ring in 2021 with pandemic-friendly charity events

Crowds are discouraged from gathering as people plunge into icy Canadian waters to ring in 2021, but the pandemic hasn't frozen the charitable spirit behind the annual events. Organizers of "polar swi...

Jan 01, 2021

Experts search for rare Newton book, three copies in Canadian university libraries

Tucked away in three university libraries across Canada are first edition copies of a book that experts say contains the building blocks of science. Prof. Mordechai Feingold of the California Institut...

Jan 01, 2021

Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard applies for bail two weeks after his arrest

WINNIPEG - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard has applied for bail, two weeks after his arrest in Winnipeg under the Extradition Act following his indictment in the United States on charges that he u...

Dec 31, 2020

Some Canadian bank notes to lose legal tender status in 2021

OTTAWA, ON - Canadians wishing to spend the old one, two, 25, 500 or one-thousand dollar bills they've been holding on to are running out of time.As of midnight tonight, some bank notes made between 1...

Dec 31, 2020

Quebec changes COVID-19 vaccine strategy, won't hold back doses for booster shots

MONTREAL - Quebec is changing its COVID-19 vaccine strategy in order to inoculate as many people as possible instead of holding back doses for booster shots. The Health Department said today it plans ...

Dec 31, 2020

Feds enlist IBM to help design gun buyback program

OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has awarded a contract to IBM Canada to support the development, design and implementation of a buyback program for recently prohibited firearms. The contract is worth ...

Dec 31, 2020

Finance note says lifting lockdowns, restrictions no sure road to economic recovery

OTTAWA - A newly obtained federal document shows officials believed in late summer that an economic recovery would not magically happen if lockdowns and public health restrictions disappeared. The int...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in September 2020

A look at news events in September 2020: 01 - The federal government recognized residential schools as a National Historic Event. Jonathan Wilkinson, minister responsible for historic sites and monume...

Dec 31, 2020