Canada

New transport rules for disabled travellers a step forward but not enough: advocates

New rules aimed at making travel within Canada safer and more accessible for people with disabilities mark a welcome step forward but don't yet go far enough to removing long-standing barriers, advoca...

Jun 25, 2020

Numbers of large wild Atlantic salmon dipped to near historic lows in 2019

HALIFAX - A group advocating for the conservation of wild Atlantic salmon says the number of adult salmon returning to North America rivers fell to near historic lows last year. The Atlantic Salmon Fe...

Jun 25, 2020

Long-awaited details of federal student service grant to be unveiled today

OTTAWA - The federal government is to launch a program today aimed at encouraging students to volunteer in the fight against COVID-19 - more than two months after first announcing it and just in time ...

Jun 25, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...

Jun 25, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 25, 2020: There are 102,242 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,937 confirmed ...

Jun 25, 2020

'First of its kind' Indigenous reconciliation position announced at B.C. university

The new reconciliation librarian at the University of Victoria says he hopes his unique role will help Canadians better understand Indigenous culture and what they have faced through hi...

Jun 25, 2020

A box of teeth and scientific serendipity unveil the lives of bottlenose whales

HALIFAX - The walnut-sized teeth taken from northern bottlenose whales slaughtered in the 1960s and 70s are proving to be storehouses of knowledge that raise awareness about the fr...

Jun 25, 2020

Summer jobs for students and B.C.'s salmon cannon; In The News for June 25

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 June 25 ... What...

Jun 25, 2020

More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings found dead in B.C.

VANCOUVER - More than a dozen great blue heron fledglings were found dead this week after a tree with several nests fell in the Greater Vancouver area. A news release from the Wild...

Jun 24, 2020

Canadians exempt from new U.S. visa rules, immigration lawyers' group says

OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of American immigration lawyers says the U.S. government has told it that new restrictions on work visas there don't apply to Canadians. A "practice alert"...

Jun 24, 2020