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Canada to receive 2.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine this week
OTTAWA - Canada is scheduled to receive 2.4 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as more Canadians get their first and second jabs. Those shots are the only expected shipmen...
Jun 07, 2021
Indigenous leaders frustrated after Pope passes on apology for residential schools
Indigenous leaders are expressing disappointment and frustration over comments from Pope Francis they say fell short of an apology for the Catholic Church's role in residential schools. "It's just par...
Jun 07, 2021
Canada's border agency urgently developing biometric plans in response to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Canada's border agency is urgently looking to hire a global technology firm to help develop a biometric strategy in response to rapidly evolving issues including COVID-19. The Canada Border S...
Jun 07, 2021
SOUND OFF: Rothenburger's, Stone's words on residential school discovery ring hollow
FIRST, in response to Mel Rothenburger's ArmchairMayor column published the day after the discovery of the 215 unmarked graves at the Kamloops Indian Residential School. In the fifth paragraph, Rothen...
Jun 07, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, June 7, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:45 a.m. Nunavut is reporting no new cases of COVID-19 today. The territory has one active reported case of COVID-19, located ...
Jun 07, 2021
Nunavut lifts 14-day quarantine requirement for fully vaccinated travellers
IQALUIT - Travellers who have received both doses of COVID-19 vaccine will soon be exempt from a 14-day stay in Nunavut's government-run isolation hotels. Fully vaccinated travellers will be free to t...
Jun 07, 2021
Fiction, memoirs, poems spring from 1,000-word challenge
NEW YORK (AP) - A. Stella Oloye, a Washington, D.C-based writer working on an Afrofuturism novel, was at a low point this spring when she learned of an online challenge she likens to a "gift from God"...
Jun 07, 2021
Beheaded statue of Egerton Ryerson, toppled Sunday in Toronto, won't be replaced
TORONTO - The president of Ryerson University in Toronto says a statue of the university's namesake has been pulled down by protesters and will not be replaced. A statement from university president M...
Jun 07, 2021
City of Nanaimo commits to July 1 single-use plastic bag ban
NANAIMO - Banning plastic checkout bags at Nanaimo retailers takes effect on Canada Day, while enforcement won't be heavy-handed out of the gate.The City's zero waste coordinator Kirsten Gellein said ...
Jun 07, 2021
France fines Google $268M for unfair online ads treatment
PARIS (AP) - France's anti-competition watchdog decided Monday to fine Google 220 million euros ($268 million) for abusing its "dominant position" in the online advertising business, an unprecedented ...
Jun 07, 2021
