Canadian News
Wed, 1 Dec 2021 04:00:00 ESTWhy Canada is unlocking its vault of maple syrup
Canada's maple syrup industry has become an international focus with headlines shouting that the country has been forced to tap into its strategic reserve to make up for shortages. CBC Explains the ...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 20:46:21 ESTMultiple pedestrians injured, some critically, in London, Ont., crash
Eight people have been taken to hospital after a vehicle struck multiple pedestrians at a major intersection in London, Ont., on Tuesday night, authorities said.
Wed, 1 Dec 2021 04:00:00 ESTYoung Canadians launch court challenge to lower federal voting age from 18
Thirteen young people from across the country, ranging in age from 12 to 18, are going to court to argue that the section of the Canada Elections Act which bars Canadians under 18 from voting in feder...
Wed, 1 Dec 2021 04:00:00 ESTOmicron could threaten COVID-19 immunity — but we're not going back to 'square one'
The omicron variant, now reported in multiple Canadian provinces and a growing number of countries worldwide, could threaten hard-won immunity to the virus behind COVID-19. But there's hope the highly...
Wed, 1 Dec 2021 04:00:00 ESTU.S. border businesses optimistic as some restrictions ease
The pandemic meant quite a few changes for Ryden's Border Store, a popular shop and parcel delivery warehouse located in northern Minnesota — just across the Canada-U.S. border crossing at Pigeon...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 10:55:56 ESTOttawa requiring COVID-19 testing for some travellers, consulting experts on booster shots
Incoming air travellers from all countries except the United States will be required to take COVID-19 tests when arriving in Canada, the federal government announced today.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 12:18:46 ESTNew caller ID law now in place to help fight wave of spam and spoof calls
Canada's telecommunications regulator is bringing in new laws that will force phone companies to do a better job of identifying who is calling to help users inundated by nuisance phone calls from tele...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTNeskantaga First Nation taking Ontario to court over 'inadequate' consultation on Ring of Fire
A Treaty 9 First Nation is taking Ontario to court looking for 'ground rules' on how the province should be consulting and accommodating Indigenous communities that are in a state of crisis.
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Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:07:41 ESTAfter brief contraction, Canada's economy grew again in third quarter
Canada's gross domestic product expanded by 1.3 per cent from July to September, as the end of some pandemic restrictions helped boost consumer spending and exports.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 06:00:00 ESTFamily in North Bay, Ont., faces harassment at children's vaccine clinic
A North Bay, Ont., mother said there needs to be more protection for families at children’s COVID-19 vaccination clinics, after she said she was harassed this past weekend.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTAs omicron piles on economic fears, Canadian outlook offers glimmer of bland optimism
With the new omicron variant, market instability, inflation and supply chain fears, Canada expects a pleasantly bland economic outlook on jobs and GDP.
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:49:03 ESTUnvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 barred from planes and trains as of today
Unvaccinated travellers over the age of 12 won't be able to board a plane or train in Canada beginning today, and a negative COVID-19 test will no longer serve as a substitute for most people.
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Mon, 29 Nov 2021 18:00:41 ESTQuebec City police treatment of young Black man 'totally unacceptable,' says lawyer
Pacifique Niyokwizera, 18, was waiting outside a bar with his friends when he was detained. A video shows police officers punching him and shoving snow in his face as he lay on the ground.
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Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTOntario doctor leaving practice after unfounded claims she denied care to unvaccinated patients
The only full-time family physician in a small northern Ontario town says she feels personally attacked after a spate of COVID-19 misinformation and anti-vaccination sentiment set off by a town counci...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTNew Indigenous healing space offers 'a place where people can talk about their brokenness,' founder says
Clarence Cachagee founded Crow Shield Lodge, an Indigenous land-based education and healing space in southwestern Ontario, and says there's such a need for healing in the Waterloo region that he wants...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTAs Canada's coat of arms turns 100, is it time for an overhaul?
Canada's coat of arms was adopted by royal proclamation 100 years ago. But some say its design, which is based on the four "founding nations" of European setters — England, Scotland, Ireland and Fra...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 07:36:05 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Nov. 30
Alberta and B.C. have detected their first cases of the omicron coronavirus variant, bringing the number of provinces that have reported the presence of the new variant to four, including Ontario an...
Tue, 30 Nov 2021 09:53:26 ESTWolastoqey chiefs add forestry companies to title claim case
Wolastoqey chiefs in New Brunswick are shifting their Aboriginal title claim case to pursue the province's largest forestry companies in a bid to reclaim title to much of their traditional territory.
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Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 ESTHundreds have tried to enter Canada with fake COVID-19 test results, proof-of-vaccine documents: CBSA
The Canada Border Services Agency says it has intercepted hundreds of suspected fake COVID-19 test results and vaccination records from people trying to enter the country.
Mon, 29 Nov 2021 20:19:07 ESTB.C. store owner who offered employee cash for sex and then fired her ordered to pay $99K
A shopkeeper in a small B.C. community has been ordered to pay nearly $99,000 to a former employee he repeatedly harassed and offered cash for sex.