Canadian News
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:35:18 ESTFoster teen killed in Ontario home run by for-profit company
A 15-year-old boy was stabbed to death in a privately operated foster home in Barrie, Ont., and another foster youth staying in the home at the time has been charged with first-degree murder.
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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTHow some Canadians plan to circumvent Ottawa's new hotel quarantine requirement
Some Canadians abroad plan to change their route home and cross the border by land, instead of air, to bypass Canada's pricey new hotel quarantine requirement.
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTCanada's private COVID-19 testing industry is booming, but some experts say oversight is lacking
As more and more companies move into the rapidly growing and potentially lucrative business of private COVID testing, some health experts are raising concerns about what they say is a lack of oversigh...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTIn vow to protect campus free speech, Quebec premier joins global 'war on woke'
Quebec's premier says he intends to move swiftly to protect free speech on university campuses. In doing so, he appears to be steering his government toward yet another divisive ideological debate.
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Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTNASA's Perseverance rover — sporting the latest bells and whistles — set to land on Mars today
The car-sized vehicle — the biggest, most sophisticated Mars rover ever built — will attempt to collect rock and soil samples to see if there was ever life on the Red Planet.
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTB.C. researchers working to develop breath test for COVID-19
Researchers in B.C. are working on developing a rapid COVID-19 breath test that would detect coronavirus in the volatile organic compounds we exhale and could potentially be used at airports, schools,...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 ESTWhy cryptocurrency may be in the process of becoming the new gold
Like Rumpelstiltskin spinning straw into gold, bitcoin and its ilk may be transmuting digits into lasting value. Institutional investors are turning the once-baffling computer oddity into a respectabl...
Thu, 18 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST2 employees depart Ottawa retirement home amid alleged vaccine queue-jumping
Two employees are no longer working at an Ottawa retirement home, according to the owner, following accusations its general manager allowed his wife to get a dose of COVID-19 vaccine that was intende...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 14:24:05 EST80-year-old kicked out of hospital for holding husband's hand
Kim Crevatin is asking Horizon Health to make exceptions to its strict no-visitor rules for those who have loved ones living in hospital long-term because they are waiting for a nursing home bed.
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Wed, 17 Feb 2021 10:00:00 ESTFederal law on municipal gun bans could take precedence over Alberta bill, expert says
New gun control legislation proposed by the federal government would likely take precedence over a private member's bill that aims to prevent Alberta municipalities from passing municipal gun bans, a...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:35:21 ESTVaccination rate is 6 times higher in Indigenous communities than in general population
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the nationwide push to prioritize First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities for the COVID-19 vaccine is starting to bear fruit, and that vaccination ra...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 16:37:16 ESTSobey Art Award removes age limit to combat challenges of the pandemic
Nearly 20 years after its inception, Sobey Art Award administrators have removed age limits in an attempt to reflect the art community's desires and help struggling artists get through the ongoing CO...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 22:35:50 ESTFort McMurray man arrested for threats against Conservative MP David Yurdiga
A 62-year-old Fort McMurray man has been arrested for uttering threats against his local member of Parliament.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:24:24 ESTFewer amputations in Yukon, thanks to pioneering frostbite treatment
Frostbite treatment in Yukon has seen "dramatic change" in the last few years, according to a local doctor who's helped pioneer a new approach.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 15:14:25 ESTJustice system needs more resources after pandemic pushed operations online: report
Canada’s national legal organization says the justice system should embrace the technological modernization forced upon it by the COVID-19 pandemic and is calling for more investment to support the ...
Tue, 16 Feb 2021 22:07:59 ESTIncomplete national data makes it hard to assess exactly how far along Canada is on vaccination
Officials in Canada's most populous province are not submitting key COVID-19 data to the federal government's health agency, making it difficult to get a clear, national picture of how the first phase...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 11:51:41 ESTNew Heritage Minute celebrates Oscar Peterson's legendary jazz career
Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson's legendary career is being celebrated in a Heritage Minute. Historica Canada released the newest clip, timed for Black History Month, in its ongoing series that h...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 13:52:47 ESTFord rejects calls to apologize after comparing Horwath's criticism to 'nails on a chalkboard'
Ontario NDP Leader Andrea Horwath said Premier Doug Ford should apologize after he compared listening to her criticism to "nails on a chalkboard" on Wednesday.
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 08:20:13 ESTCRA locks online accounts amid investigation, leaving users worried
The Canada Revenue Agency has locked more than 100,000 taxpayers out of its online platform, telling users their email addresses have been removed from their accounts. The CRA says the move is meant â...
Wed, 17 Feb 2021 14:38:18 ESTNew federal gun-control bill slammed in Quebec
The province calls the bill "complicated," Montreal says it is "disappointed" and a lobby group describes it as a "ridiculous empty shell."