StatCan to release COVID-tinged census figure, experts warn against reading too deep
OTTAWA — For the last 40 years, Doug Norris has pored over detailed demographic data gleaned from every census, but even he admits what's coming will be unlike anything he has seen before. Statistics Canada is scheduled to provide the first
Manitoba COVID-19 data shows new hospital admissions have started to drop
WINNIPEG — Data released by the Manitoba government Monday suggested the current COVID-19 pandemic wave has likely peaked, although the health-care system remains stressed. The number of COVID-19 hospital admissions last week was down 19 per cent from ...
N.L. reports 46th death due to COVID-19, eases public health restrictions
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Health officials in Newfoundland and Labrador are reporting the province's 46th death from COVID-19, as bars, lounges and movie theatres reopen after more than a month. Officials today moved the province into "modified Alert Level 3,...
Polish finance minister resigns as new tax system stumbles
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland's finance minister has resigned over “shortcomings” of the new tax system that has led to lower net pay for many professionals, Poland’s main ruling party said Monday.
B.C. expected to have more than 1 million job openings in the next decade
VICTORIA — The latest labour market outlook for British Columbia shows nearly 80 per cent of job openings over the next decade will require some level of post-secondary education, reflecting the changing nature of the economy. Ravi Kahlon, the ministe...
New Brunswick reports four more COVID-19 deaths, drop in hospitalizations
FREDERICTON — Health officials in New Brunswick are reporting four more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus today and a drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations. The latest deaths involve two people in their 60s in the Edmundston region, a person in th...
Trump backers seize on GoFundMe controversy as truckers linger in U.S. headlines
WASHINGTON — An outsized American display of financial largesse, political support and right-wing media sympathy for ongoing trucker protests in Canada have observers in both countries accusing some in the U.S. of fanning the flames for their own parti...
Prince Edward Island reports slight drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island is reporting a one-patient drop in COVID-19 hospitalizations, for a total of 11. Chief public health officer Dr. Heather Morrison said today there are six additional patients who were admitted for other reasons and ...
Temple prof seeks reinstatement of damage claims against FBI
WASHINGTON (AP) — A Temple University physics professor who was charged with sharing scientific technology with China only for the case to collapse before trial and be dismissed by the Justice Department asked a federal appeals court on Monday to
Police arson unit probes Ottawa fire allegation in heat of anti-mandate protest
OTTAWA — Police are investigating what appears to be an attempt to start a fire in the lobby of a downtown Ottawa apartment building, where tenants say they have been besieged by anti-vaccine mandate protesters raging in the national capital
