Archives

Canadian News

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Summer travel surge has WestJet and Air Canada asking for volunteer help
A surge in summer travel across the country has forced Canada’s two biggest airlines to ask staff to help volunteer at airports to overcome staffing challenges, a move that is creating pushback from...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
COVID-19 during pregnancy means 10 times higher risk of ICU admission, Canadian data suggests
Canadian data suggests people who are pregnant face significantly higher risks of serious COVID-19 requiring hospitalization, ICU admission, or life support — a particular concern because pregnant p...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:10:00 EDT
Controversial question in English debate may have galvanized Bloc voters
A question during the English-language leaders' debate last week has revived an old wound, namely, Quebecers feeling disrespected and misunderstood by the rest of Canada, and appears to have earned th...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canadians isolating due to COVID-19 will be unable to vote on election day
The right to vote is enshrined in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. But the spread of COVID-19 could force many Canadian voters to isolate at home on election day.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How the main federal parties plan to tax the wealthy
From new wealth taxes to a more robust CRA, the main federal parties have their own ideas of how to revamp Canada's tax system.

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:19 EDT
Face to Face 2021: Annamie Paul met 4 undecided voters. Here's what happened
Green Leader Annamie Paul says the only difference between the Conservative and Liberal climate change plans is that the Conservatives are being honest about their ability to hit their emissions reduc...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
How we're helping low-income Black Montrealers get the mental health support they need to flourish
I've always loved helping others work through their problems. For years, I wanted to be a therapist or psychologist. But in university, I found myself depressed and anxious — all while studying depr...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
The race to win Kitchener Centre: Why this riding might just be the most interesting in Canada
Kitchener Centre is a hotly contested riding in this federal election, especially after the Liberal incumbent ended his campaign for re-election. Two party leaders visited the Ontario riding this week...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
O'Toole wants this election to be a referendum on Trudeau. Trudeau needs voters to see a stark choice.
Every incumbent comes into an election trailing baggage — Justin Trudeau is obviously no exception. His opponents are working to turn the ballot question into a referendum on Canadians' satisfaction...

Thu, 16 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Tories try again to crack vote-rich Toronto-area ridings
For the Conservatives to win this election, analysts say they'll have to make significant inroads in the Greater Toronto Area, a vote-rich ring of suburban communities surrounding Toronto that the par...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:48:20 EDT
Alberta to launch proof-of-vaccination program, declares health emergency amid surge in COVID-19 cases
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney on Wednesday introduced strict and sweeping new measures to combat the spread of COVID-19 as he apologized for his government's handling of the pandemic.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:06:16 EDT
After 24 years of boiling their water, this First Nation can finally drink from the tap
After more than two decades without clean drinking water, Shoal Lake 40 First Nation is celebrating the opening of a water treatment facility and the end of water advisories for the community. ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:36:36 EDT
Lumber crash leads to 'blowout' sales as prices crater
Homeowners who resisted the urge to renovate during the first 18 months of the pandemic may find now is their chance, as lumber prices that soared to dizzying heights in the spring have crashed back d...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 22:28:57 EDT
PPC candidate denounced for 'harmful and repugnant' comparison of vaccine cards to residential schools
The B.C. Assembly of First Nations is calling on the People’s Party of Canada to remove a Vancouver candidate who has distributed a pamphlet comparing the horrors of residential schools to COVID-19 ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 10:44:05 EDT
Parole denied for B.C. man who murdered family of 6 on camping trip in 1982
A man convicted of the mass murder of a family nearly 40 years ago revealed chilling details of his crime Wednesday as the Parole Board of Canada once again rejected his request to get out of prison. ...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 16:50:53 EDT
Mother of teen star of The Flash calls for deeper probe into his overdose death
The mother of Coquitlam teen Logan Williams, who starred in the television series The Flash and died after ingesting fentanyl, says the system failed her son "over and over" again.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 15:47:37 EDT
Indigenous tourism won't fully recover from pandemic until 2028 at the earliest, report says
The Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada is making a bleak prediction about its members' ability to rapidly recover from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 13:51:34 EDT
Overburdened Red Deer hospital forced to airlift COVID-19 patients to Calgary, Edmonton
Critically ill patients are being airlifted out of Red Deer Regional Hospital as doctors and nurses from its various departments are recruited to care for patients on ventilators due to spiking COVID...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 04:00:00 EDT
Canada was already desperately short of nurses before COVID-19. Now nurses say they're hanging on by a thread
The COVID-19 pandemic has worsened Canada’s already critical nursing shortage, and experts say it’s going to take strategic planning, incentives and a lot of effort to make work life more sustaina...

Wed, 15 Sep 2021 07:30:00 EDT
A reality check on Alberta's path to the devastating 4th wave of COVID
In April, Premier Jason Kenney promised the "best summer in Alberta's history." Five months later, the province's COVID-19 cases have soared, ICUs have filled and public anger has swelled. CBC News as...



home