Archives

Canadian News

Wed, 21 Apr 2021 19:11:25 EDT
New mom urges Manitobans to take COVID-19 seriously after baby born 6 weeks premature
Alexa Forbes, 25, warns people to continue to follow public health advice after she got COVID-19 last month and delivered her son six weeks early. The illness is associated with a higher risk of prete...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The federal budget took steps toward racial justice — but activists say more must be done
Advocates for Black, Chinese, South Asian and other racialized Canadians say the federal budget takes a number of positive steps toward building a more inclusive country, but more work needs to be don...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 22:44:34 EDT
Toronto hotspot residents frustrated by COVID-19 vaccine shortages at pop-up clinics
Vaccine shortages at Toronto pop-up clinics are leaving many residents in the city's hotspot postal codes unable to secure a COVID-19 vaccine and disheartened by their prospects at getting one. ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 07:00:00 EDT
B.C. murder cases in jeopardy as accused killer walks free, police slammed for ignoring law
A B.C. man accused of murdering a stranger in a road-rage incident has been acquitted after a B.C. Supreme Court judge excluded key evidence in the man’s trial because of the “egregious” way pol...

Sun, 25 Apr 2021 00:08:43 EDT
Athletics Canada withdraws from potential Olympic qualifier over COVID-19 concerns
Athletics Canada has withdrawn from the 2021 World Athletics Relays, which take place next month in Poland, because of COVID-19 concerns.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 12:30:24 EDT
Ontario health unit partially closes 2 Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks
Peel Public Health announced on Saturday that it has partially closed two Amazon fulfilment centres to control COVID-19 outbreaks in those workplaces.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 15:19:34 EDT
An 'uncommon brilliance': Acclaimed Calgary playwright Sharon Pollock dies at 85
Pollock, who twice won the Governor General's Award for Drama for her plays Blood Relations and Doc, died on Friday after battling colon cancer. The former artistic director of Theatre Calgary was ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 06:00:00 EDT
Woman whose frozen body found after release from jail died of overdose, Sask. coroner says
The 34-year-old mother's body was found on Jan. 23 in Saskatoon's Pleasant Hill neighbourhood, just three days after she was released from Pine Grove Correctional Centre in Prince Albert. ...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 10:48:12 EDT
Coronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Saturday
A steady increase in COVID-19-related admissions to hospitals and intensive care units continues to weigh heavily on Canada's health-care system even as overall case counts begin to decline, the count...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 20:59:20 EDT
Canadian golfer Brooke Henderson captures 10th career LPGA title
Canada's Brooke captured her her 10th career LPGA title on Saturday with a 4-under 67 in the final round of the LA Open.

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's not trailing the world on climate action, environment minister insists
Canada’s environment minister insists the federal government's commitment to reduce climate changing emissions by 40 to 45 per cent below 2005 levels over the next decade is just as ambitious as the...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
More COVID-19 patients dying at home, Ontario coroner says
Some COVID-19 patients are now deteriorating so quickly that they die before they can seek medical attention, Ontario's chief coroner says. He calls it an "unfortunate and sad" phenomenon that shows h...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada's music festivals in 2021: What's cancelled this summer?
The vaccine rollout across the country had many filled with hope for a return to a pre-pandemic summer music festival scene. On Thursday, Montreal's Osheaga Festival cancelled its line-up for the seco...

Sat, 24 Apr 2021 11:15:07 EDT
No reason to fear doses of AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine provided by U.S., Trudeau says
Canadians have nothing to fear from AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine doses made in the United States, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday as he rolled up his sleeve to set an example for the country....

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:58:16 EDT
As Sask. faces growing COVID-19 cases, Indigenous communities have charted a different path
The push to lower COVID-19 cases in Saskatchewan's Indigenous communities has been successful. Opposition critics say it's because they did it on their own. 

Thu, 22 Apr 2021 20:32:10 EDT
B.C. paramedics respond to record number of calls for drug poisonings in a single day
Paramedics in B.C. responded to a record number of calls on Wednesday to help patients who had experienced a drug overdose. 

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:51:13 EDT
More restrictions, changes to vaccine strategy urged as Alberta again matches heights of second wave
Alberta's daily COVID-19 numbers have now reached heights seen only at the peak of the second wave, prompting experts to call for more restrictions and a vaccine strategy that prioritizes teachers an...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 15:02:36 EDT
Canadians over 30 should be offered AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, advisory body recommends
Canada's National Advisory Committee on Immunization now recommends expanding the use of the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine to all Canadians over the age of 30, but only when the benefits outweigh the ris...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 12:56:31 EDT
N.B. COVID-19 roundup: Mandatory hotel isolation for leisure travellers, new rules for truckers, commuters
New Brunswick announced additional travel restrictions Friday for leisure travellers and people who travel for work such as truckers and commuters as another 16 cases of COVID-19 were announced. ...

Fri, 23 Apr 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Quebec is planning to use a different vaccine for the 2nd dose in some cases. Here's what the experts say
Long-term care homes are experiencing COVID-19 outbreaks despite many there having had the initial vaccine shot. Now that it’s time for a second dose and Moderna deliveries are delayed, Quebec is ad...



home