B.C. Strengthens Mask Rules for Middle, High School Students and K-12 Staff
British Columbia is expanding mask requirements in its school system. Education Minister Jennifer Whiteside says students in middle and secondary school and staff for kindergarten through Grade… Read more »
Every Vaccine Maker Was Asked to Make Their Doses in Canada and All Said No: Anand
Every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they… Read more »
Work-From-Home Tax Deduction Could Cost Feds $260 Million in Lost Revenue, PBO Says
The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from… Read more »
Feds Ramp up Efforts to Help Residents of Hong Kong Immigrate to, Stay in Canada
The federal government is moving forward on efforts to help citizens of Hong Kong remain in Canada rather than return home amid China’s clampdown on democracy.
One of several new immigration programs designed to give Hong Kong residents a safe haven in Canada will open for applications on Monday.
‘Dead Letter:’ Alberta Premier Defends Coal Policy Change in Rocky Mountains
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says Albertans have no cause to worry over his government quietly throwing out a coal policy that protected the Rocky Mountains for… Read more »
List of Which Ontario Public Health Units Can Reopen Schools For In-Person Classes on Feb 8 & 16
The Ontario government announced Wednesday that most schools will reopen for in-person learning next week, though some hotspot regions will have to wait until the following… Read more »
Louise Bernice Halfe Chosen as Canada’s New Parliamentary Poet Laureate
Renowned writer Louise Bernice Halfe, also known by the Cree name Sky Dancer, has been named Canada’s new parliamentary poet laureate. Halfe, who was raised on… Read more »
Covid-19: Quebec Won’t Set up Checkpoints to Limit Travel Between Regions
Quebec’s government is rejecting calls from the Opposition for police checkpoints limiting travel between regions when some COVID-19 health orders are relaxed next week. About 90 per… Read more »
Canada to Get up to 1.1 M More Doses by March Through Global Vaccine Alliance
Canada could get more than one million additional doses of COVID-19 vaccine by the end of March through a global vaccine sharing initiative known as COVAX. But… Read more »
Doctors Offer Duelling Views of What It’s Like to Receive an Assisted Death
Senators have been presented with two starkly different descriptions of what it’s like to receive medical assistance in dying in Canada: a beautiful, peaceful death or… Read more »
Feb 2: Alberta Reports 57 Variant Cases of COVID-19 Virus, Daycare, Schools Affected
Alberta now has 57 cases of the variant strains of COVID-19, with a daycare and three Calgary school classrooms affected. Chief medical health officer Dr. Deena Hinshaw… Read more »
B.C. Drivers to Receive COVID-19 Insurance Rebate Cheques Averaging $190 Next Month
Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will receive COVID-19 insurance rebate cheques next month that average about $190 each. Horgan says the Insurance Corp. of… Read more »
Alberta at Standoff With Church Over COVID Rules; Medical Chief Says Can’t Intervene
Alberta’s top doctor says her hands are tied when it comes to a rural church that is defying public COVID-19 health orders by hosting Sunday services with… Read more »
Refugee Pact With U.S. Does Not Violate Constitutional Guarantees, Canada Argues
The Canadian government is telling the Federal Court of Appeal a judge made serious legal mistakes in striking down a refugee pact between Ottawa and Washington. In… Read more »
‘Not Just Dreaming Anymore:’ Manitoba Family Shares $60M Lotto Max Jackpot
John Chua admits he was jealous when his wife woke him up on Jan. 23 to tell him someone in Winnipeg had won a $60-million Lotto Max jackpot. Later that day, Chua received an email from the online site where he buys tickets to tell him he’d won.
Scam: Letter Threatens Death in 24 Hours If Bitcoin Payment Not Received
RCMP is warning people about a threatening letter scam that requests the receiver of the letter to send Bitcoin by scanning a QR Code at the bottom… Read more »
Restaurants Offering Super Bowl Specials in Calgary
Join in with fellow Calgarians for North America’s biggest sporting day. Here are some places to order game-day specials to watch the big game on big screens on SUPER BOWL SUNDAY.
Messy Winter Storm Slams Into the Maritimes
Snow, rain and high winds forced school closures and disrupted transportation. Rain and wind warnings have been issued for Nova Scotia’s Atlantic coast, where damaging gusts could reach up to 100 kilometres per hour.
‘Emergency Brake’ Factored Into Alberta’s Reopening Plan: Top Doctor
COVID-19 hospitalizations are the focus of Alberta’s road map for gradually opening up more businesses and activities, but the province’s top doctor says a different criteria will… Read more »
Groundhog Day 2021: Alberta’s Balzac Billy Predicts 6 More Weeks of Winter
While Canada’s best-known weather-predicting groundhogs called for an early spring Tuesday as they delivered their annual forecasts over video due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Alberta’s “groundhog”, Balzac… Read more »
Tripping Hazard: Protest Penguins Destroyed at Alberta Legislature Grounds
A colony of 800 snow penguins was set up on the grounds of the Alberta legislature to send a strong message. But before student union representatives from… Read more »
IIROC, CSA Say They Will Act if They See Manipulative Trading in Social Media Frenzy
The Canadian Securities Administrators and the Investment Industry Regulatory Organization of Canada warned Monday that they will act if they see manipulative trading as social media platforms… Read more »
‘It’s Gonna Be Ugly:’ Newfoundland and Labrador’s Billion-Dollar Elephant in the Room
When Saskatchewan nearly went bankrupt in the 1990s, there was a joke told repeatedly in the province, according to economist Jason Childs: “What do you get your… Read more »
Alberta Town Asks Province for Stop-Work Order on Coal Exploration in Mountains
An Alberta town in the Rocky Mountain foothills wants the provincial government to order a stop to coal exploration in the region. Mayor Craig Snodgrass of High… Read more »