Canadian News
Thu, 31 Dec 2020 18:29:07 ESTCanadian travel agents call for bailout after being forced to repay commissions on cancelled vacations
The Association of Canadian Independent Travel Advisors is calling on the federal government for a bailout as agents across the country are being told by travel companies they must repay earned commis...
Tue, 5 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTAre we all in this together? The political perils of pandemic travel
On balance, Canadian politicians have been following the guidance on travel during the pandemic. But the examples of the few who haven't threaten to undermine the entire public health effort — an ef...
Tue, 5 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTRocky school restart in new year as students leave classrooms to begin learning virtually
It can be tough getting back into school routines following the winter break, but students in Alberta, Manitoba, Quebec and Ontario are facing additional challenges this week as they hit the books vir...
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 20:35:54 ESTCanada cruises past Russia, advances to gold medal game at world juniors
Canada will play for gold at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton after beating Russia 5-0 in semifinal action Monday.
Tue, 5 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTSherman deaths still unsolved but Toronto police say they're working on case 'every single day'
As the calendar flipped to 2021 last week, the police investigation into the deaths of Toronto billionaire philanthropists Barry and Honey Sherman entered its fourth year. While the double homicide re...
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:46:21 ESTOPINION | Done with the political turkeys after the holidays
“Unless our leaders are willing to subject themselves to the same sacrifices, an order built on consensus rapidly devolves into something more tyrannical. ” Jen Gerson on the Alberta politicians f...
Tue, 5 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTCanadian Forces members in Latvia test positive for COVID-19 virus
A number of Canadian military members deployed in Latvia have tested positive for the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19, the Department of National Defence has said.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:01:43 ESTAlberta cabinet minister, premier's chief of staff resign over holiday travel, other MLAs demoted
Premier Jason Kenney has accepted the resignations of Grande Prairie MLA Tracy Allard as minister of municipal affairs and Jamie Huckabay as his chief of staff.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:36:41 ESTJoe Corral, 61, mourned as 1st Alberta health-care worker to die of COVID-19
Joe Marie (Jing) Parrenas Corral, a 61-year-old Calgary man who was known for treating the seniors he supported with respect and dignity, has become the first known health-care worker to die of COVID-...
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 17:24:02 ESTNunavut woman dies weeks after contracting COVID-19 following childbirth in Winnipeg hospital
A Nunavut mother has died weeks after giving birth in a Winnipeg hospital and testing positive for COVID-19 shortly after.
Tue, 5 Jan 2021 00:34:27 ESTJohn Muckler, former Oilers coach and Stanley Cup champion, dies at 86
John Muckler, a former NHL coach and executive who was a part of five Stanley Cup winning teams with the Edmonton Oilers, has died at age 86.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTThese customers were promised shipping containers. Now they're out thousands of dollars
Scammers are duping Canadians out of tens of thousands of dollars with the promise of new shipping containers — and they're bringing down legitimate companies with them.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 16:41:33 ESTCoronavirus: What's happening in Canada and around the world on Jan. 4
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Monday a new national lockdown for England until at least mid-February to combat a fast-spreading new variant of the coronavirus.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 06:30:00 EST'I want to say thank you': Syrian-Canadian boy loving hockey after community rallied to get him equipment
Yamen Bai is usually smiling from ear to ear as he skates up and down the ice in hot pursuit of the puck. A year ago, he was a refugee child in St. John's who wanted to play hockey like his friends.
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Mon, 4 Jan 2021 21:08:42 ESTDoctors urge Ontario to pick up pace on COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Ontario needs to adopt a "greater sense of urgency" with its COVID-19 vaccine rollout as the number of cases and deaths continues to rise, doctors say.
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 09:33:04 ESTTop-paid CEOs raked in average worker's annual salary before noon today
Even in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, the highest-paid CEOs in Canada have already earned more in 2021 than the average Canadian worker will earn all year, according to a new report.
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Mon, 4 Jan 2021 04:00:00 ESTNew rules on removal of illegal online content could help in battle against child pornography
The federal heritage minister will soon introduce legislation aimed at compelling companies to do a better job of policing illegal content posted online — something victims of child pornography and...
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 06:00:00 ESTCougar appears on trail camera near Thunder Bay, Ont.
New Year's Eve was an especially unusual one for Chris Maley, who lives southwest of Thunder Bay, Ont. At about 3:45 a.m. on Dec. 31, 2020, a mature mountain lion walked by just 180 metres from his ho...
Mon, 4 Jan 2021 09:00:15 ESTGrieving husband demands answers from Iran as anniversary of plane crash nears
Nearly one year after a Ukraine International Airlines passenger plane was shot down by the Iranian government, killing all 176 people on board, the Edmonton husband of one of the victims says family ...
Sun, 3 Jan 2021 10:00:00 ESTThe B.C. fish you've likely never heard of that's confounding trawlers and officials
Bocaccio rockfish have made a huge comeback in B.C. since being deemed endangered in 2013, but the success story is being met with some trepidation as trawler fishermen can’t seem to avoid netting t...