P.E.I. officials report one COVID death, say news on easing restrictions by next week
CHARLOTTETOWN — Prince Edward Island's chief public health officer reported the province's 11th COVID-19-related death on Tuesday and offered hope that some public health restrictions would ease later this month. A person over the age of 80 was the lat...
O’Toole’s leadership ‘untenable’ and dividing his caucus, says dissident MPs
OTTAWA — Conservative MPs are picking their sides — and bracing for any consequences that may follow — while Erin O'Toole waits to learn his fate as party leader. The 118 other MPs in the Tory caucus will decide Wednesday whether
Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash
OTTAWA — Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. The promise to maybe do more comes as Canada
Nova Scotia’s recreational facilities struggle through most challenging COVID-19 wave
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's recreational facilities will likely need more short-term government support once the latest wave of COVID-19 subsides, a legislature committee was told Tuesday. Representatives with the Recreation Facility Association of Nova Sc...
Quebec backtracks on taxing unvaccinated to maintain ‘social peace’
MONTREAL — Three weeks after threatening to tax unvaccinated Quebecers, Premier François Legault abandoned the idea on Tuesday, worried about how much it had divided the province. "When we see what's happening in our society and on social media, I have...
Protests in Canada catch the eye of U.S. right wing, because they look familiar
WASHINGTON — Despite his reputation for hair-trigger unpredictability, Donald Trump had a remarkably consistent track record for triggering paroxysms north of the border: all he ever had to do was mention Canada by name. Whatever else life outside the...
NAACP urges federal charges in Laquan McDonald’s killing
WASHINGTON (AP) — The NAACP, the nation’s oldest civil rights organization, on Tuesday urged Attorney General Merrick Garland to bring federal civil rights charges against the white Chicago police officer who fatally shot Black teenager Laquan McDonald...
Indigenous delegation to meet Pope Francis at Vatican at end of March
An Indigenous delegation is to meet with Pope Francis at the Vatican in early spring to discuss reconciliation and healing after a visit was postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A joint statement from the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops ...
China lashes out at Japan’s ‘concern’ over human rights
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese lawmakers on Tuesday urged their government to take action against a “serious human rights situation" in China, drawing a quick and angry rebuke from Beijing.
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
WASHINGTON (AP) — Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
