Category Archives: Canada
'Something much bigger:' Calgary pet charity hopes to expand to keep kids with pets
CALGARY - A mother whose family has been struggling financially and emotionally is giving thanks to a pet charity that helped pay for medical treatment for their injured cat during a particularly dark...
Feb 21, 2021
B.C. man wants help, not charges, for woman who took his truck with son inside
QUALICUM BEACH, B.C. - A Vancouver Island man whose truck was stolen while his son was sitting inside says he wants addiction treatment for the woman, not charges. Aaron Johnson and his 11-year-old so...
Feb 21, 2021
Tam urges need to maintain individual COVID-19 precautions as variant cases mount
Public health officials have identified upwards of 700 cases of contagious COVID-19 variants across Canada, the nation's top doctor said Saturday, a finding she said lends new urgency to her calls to ...
Dylana Kneeshaw Feb 20, 2021
Chinese ambassador denounces pending vote by Canadian MPs on Uighur genocide
OTTAWA - China's envoy to Canada is telling Canadian parliamentarians to butt out of his country's internal affairs through their pending vote on declaring a genocide against ethnic Muslim Uighurs in ...
Feb 20, 2021
B.C. health officials call for culturally safe vaccination plan for Metis residents
VICTORIA - Health officials in British Columbia say there will be chaos and hiccups in the vaccine rollout, but they're trying to make the process as safe as possible for the province's Indigenous res...
Feb 20, 2021
Nova Scotia mass shooter's spouse worried he was looking for her when killings began
HALIFAX - The spouse of the gunman who killed 22 people in Nova Scotia told police that she has had guilty feelings and wonders whether others died because she ran away from her partner when his rampa...
Feb 20, 2021
Trudeau to hold first meeting with new U.S. President Biden virtually on Tuesday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will hold his first meeting with newly minted U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday. Trudeau's office issued a statement saying the two leaders will hold their first bilate...
Feb 20, 2021
Women's groups in Yukon disappointed 'unfounded' sex assault project terminated
Women's groups are angry that talks meant to revive a committee reviewing unresolved sexual assault complaints in Yukon have ended before its findings could be presented. A report outlining how Mounti...
Feb 20, 2021
Federal workers paid $819 million to stay home during the pandemic under '699' clause
OTTAWA - More than one in three federal public servants were granted paid time off work during the first nine months of the COVID-19 pandemic, at a cost exceeding $800 million, according to a Treasury...
Feb 20, 2021
Nine Algonquin nations reject Ottawa land project labeled as "reconciliation" effort
OTTAWA - Nine Algonquin First Nations in Quebec are considering litigation to stop Ottawa from allowing another Algonquin group to build a new suburb on the outskirts of the city. Ottawa city council ...
Feb 20, 2021

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