Alberta, Saskatchewan not planning to follow B.C. and Manitoba on broad mask mandates
Alberta and Saskatchewan say they are not planning to follow broad mask mandates announced this week by neighbouring western provinces.
Alberta and Saskatchewan say they are not planning to follow broad mask mandates announced this week by neighbouring western provinces.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole has sought to make clear his support for universal health care, blasting the Liberals for 'American-style misleading politics' following the debacle over a video that Twitter flagged as ‘manipulated’ this week. But where exactly does O'Toole stand on private health care? Truth Tracker digs deeper.
During federal elections, the government runs on 'caretaker' mode, in which officials' interactions with the public are limited, with exemptions for public health and safety–but since the campaign kicked off Aug. 15, the Public Health Agency of Canada has not held any press conferences during which reporters could pose questions on COVID-19 or the vaccine rollout. The major federal party leaders were asked about it on the trail today.
Sikhs and Hindus fear they'll die under Taliban rule in Afghanistan, say families and advocates in Canada, who are hoping they'll be reunited with their loved ones.
Canadians need to focus on slowing the fourth wave of COVID-19 through well-established public health measures includes masking and physical distancing, experts say, as millions of Canadians remain unvaccinated.
Spencer Elden, who appeared as a naked baby on the cover of Nirvana's 1991 album 'Nevermind,' has claimed the record's iconic artwork is child pornography and is suing the band over alleged 'child sexual exploitation.'
Canada's minister of women and gender equality says her mention of the Taliban as 'our brothers' during a press conference Wednesday is a 'cultural reference,' after receiving criticism for her choice of language.
With the Canadian military wrapping up its mission at the Kabul airport and the last Canadian flight expected to leave Thursday, the lifeline for thousands of Afghans with Canadian connections is slipping away.
Quebec public health is recommending all employers delay their plans to bring workers back to the office because of the precarious COVID-19 situation in the province.
The Liberals’ repeated attacks against the Conservatives concerning Canada’s public health-care system might be working, in the words of Nanos Research’s Nik Nanos, who says the party has been enjoying increasing support in recent days.
Achieving herd immunity against COVID-19 will not be possible without an approved vaccine for children under 12, Public Health Ontario says in a new report about what the pandemic will look like this fall and winter.
One of the first families rescued from Afghanistan are settling in Canada, and are now reflecting on their narrow escape from the Taliban just weeks earlier.
With the U.S. deadline for evacuation from Afghanistan fast approaching, the situation is becoming more urgent at Kabul airport for those hoping to come to Canada.
The Paralympic Games opened today with COVID-19 cases rising and Tokyo under a state of emergency, but the pandemic hasn’t dulled the determination of Canada’s team.
Three travelers say Canadian authorities fined them for getting the wrong COVID-19 tests in the U.S. before flying home to Canada.
A new study by Duke University in North Carolina suggests that large pandemics like COVID-19 are statistically more likely than originally thought.