Canadian News
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTHow a Quebec City gym outbreak became one of Canada's largest COVID-19 superspreading events
We still don’t know exactly how it started, but the outbreak has become one of the largest recorded COVID-19 superspreading events in Canada. Experts say it serves as a cautionary tale as the countr...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTAirline deal means taxpayers once again take a risk on corporate Canada
Wily negotiations by former business boss Michael Sabia mean Canadian taxpayers may actually profit from Ottawa's roughly $6 billion bailout of Air Canada.
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTAlberta NDP would likely form majority if election held today, new poll suggests
If an election in Alberta were held today, the NDP would likely win a majority as support for the governing United Conservative Party plummets, according to a new poll commissioned by CBC News.Â
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Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTMPs call on Ottawa to make face masks, work-related PPE tax-deductible
Opposition critics are calling on Canada to follow the lead of countries like the United States and Australia by making work-related purchases of COVID-19 personal protective equipment (PPE) tax-dedu...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTOntario is adding hundreds of ICU beds. But does it have the resources to support them?
As ICU admissions continue to soar in Ontario, the province says it's adding 350 more ICU beds by the end of the week. But just how much of an impact can more beds have when health-care experts say cr...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:09 EDTHow police may have missed a chance to catch serial killer Bruce McArthur in 2013
Toronto police didn’t check Bruce McArthur’s criminal record in 2013 before or after interviewing him — despite possessing evidence connecting the now convicted serial killer to three missing me...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTCanadian medical students in St. Vincent pull 'all-nighters' to help evacuees after volcano eruptions
Claire Matlock went from handling final exams as a medical student in St. Vincent to helping people devastated by the La Soufrière volcano eruption — and the volunteer efforts of the Kitchene...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTCalendar moves ever closer to an Olympics that will be different from anything we have seen before
The Tokyo Olympics are scheduled to open in 100 days on July 23. But instead of a global spectacle, these Games will be all about restrictions and protocols to protect the health and safety of athlete...
Wed, 14 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTIf a pill could ease your heartbreak, would you take it?
Love potions are the stuff of fiction, but in recent years, a field of research has emerged that is exploring how to use MDMA, antidepressants and other drugs to manipulate the neurological and hormon...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 14:35:45 EDTRetail giant W. Galen Weston has died at age 80
W. Galen Weston, the patriarch of the Weston retail empire that owns Loblaws and other holdings, has died at age 80.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 09:00:00 EDTResistance to Alberta's COVID-19 health restrictions is growing, experts warn
A church west of Edmonton, the scene of a large protest Sunday after it was forcibly closed by Alberta Health Services last week, has become emblematic of a widening fissure in Alberta.
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Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:27:28 EDTMay 3 targeted as new date for reopening of Atlantic bubble
A recent surge in COVID-19 cases means the reopening of the Atlantic bubble has been delayed until May 3, the four Atlantic premiers said in a joint statement Tuesday afternoon.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTFully vaccinated but still in lockdown, long-term care resident says she's treated 'less than human'
Chelsea Dreher, 32, is fully vaccinated after receiving her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in late February, but she hasn’t been able to leave her ward, go outside or visit other residents for ...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 13:16:39 EDTYukon's election is a tie. What happens now?
Yukon’s nail-biter election ended with two parties claiming eight seats each and a tie in Vuntut Gwitchin that could decide the final result. Here’s what happens next.
Mon, 12 Apr 2021 23:03:11 EDT22-yr-old Winnipeg man hospitalized with coronavirus variant hopes his story will serve as warning
A 22-year-old Winnipeg man who spent nine days in hospital with COVID-19 has a warning for young people — you're not invincible.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 05:30:00 EDT'An ugly stain for years to come': Laurentian University students, staff reeling from cuts
The emotionally charged reaction to deep cuts to staff and programs at Laurentian University continued to pour in Tuesday, a day after the news first hit students, staff and other interests in the Sud...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 10:30:57 EDTJamal Murray tears ACL, putting Canada's Olympic basketball hopes in jeopardy
Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray of Kitchener, Ont., will be out indefinitely with a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee.
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 19:16:28 EDTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on April 13
Quebec Premier Francois Legault announced Tuesday that the province is extending emergency measures for another week in three regions, until April 25, as the number of COVID-19 cases continues to r...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTState actors are looking to join political parties to 'exert influence,' chair of security committee warns
Foreign governments are looking to meddle in Canada's democratic institutions and the government's foreign interference warning system should alert Canadians to state actors'Â "traditional"Â electionÂ...
Tue, 13 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDTNew federal budget needs to deliver on government's social finance and innovation commitments
As we look for solutions to pressing crises – from climate change to the global pandemic – social innovation and social finance should be in our government's toolkit, write Victor Beausoleil, Mari...