Canada

Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre

OTTAWA - New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades ...

Dec 06, 2020

Canadian entrepreneurs in south Florida lament loss of snowbirds, eye 2021 homecoming

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Each spring, near a south Florida seaside strip known as the Broadwalk, the grateful retailers and restaurateurs of Hollywood Beach gather for a two-day celebration of all things Ca...

Dec 06, 2020

From tents to converted 4-star hotel, pandemic prompts changes for Montreal homeless

MONTREAL - Alexandre was sorting cans one recent morning outside a tent pitched next to a busy Montreal road by the Port of Montreal. Until the COVID-19 pandemic hit, he had been sleeping at a homeles...

Dec 06, 2020

Report finds microwave energy likely made US diplomats ill

WASHINGTON - A new report by a National Academy of Sciences committee has found that "directed" microwave radiation is the likely cause of illnesses among American diplomats in Cuba and China. The stu...

Dec 06, 2020

Manitoba judge rules church can't hold drive-in services forbidden by health order

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge rejected a church's request Saturday to hold drive-in services despite the province's COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings and in-person religious events. "The onus t...

Dec 05, 2020

Scaled-back, virtual ceremonies to mark 31st anniversary of Polytechnique killings

MONTREAL, France - The anniversary of the attack that cut short the lives of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique has become a day to reflect and call for action to end gender-based violence, but this year...

Dec 05, 2020

COVID-19 cases hit new records as Tam urges vigilance, promises vaccine on the way

Canada's top doctor says there is some good news on the horizon despite an unsettling new wave of COVID-19 cases and deaths across the country. Dr. Theresa Tam says there is "still a long road ahead" ...

Dec 05, 2020

Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - More than seven months ago, Cora Dion and her husband fled Fort McMurray for the second time in four years as a spring flood threatened their home in northern Alberta. They retu...

Dec 05, 2020

Negotiating contracts for vaccines in development needed flexibility: Anand

OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says that as soon as she knows when the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine will arrive in Canada, she will share that information with Canadians. But Anand told T...

Dec 05, 2020

Speaker Rota reflects on first year presiding over unprecedented virtual Parliament

OTTAWA - Anthony Rota is marking his first anniversary as Speaker of the House of Commons by, as he puts it, having his throat slit. He's having surgery this coming week to remove his thyroid gland, w...

Dec 05, 2020