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Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy

Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie plans Asia travel before tabling new China strategy

OTTAWA — Canada's foreign affairs minister says she plans to travel to Asia and elsewhere for some first-hand research before she releases the government's much-anticipated new policy on China.
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Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases

Quebec health system unprepared to handle Omicron-fuelled long COVID cases

Montrealer Claudia Hébert says she started to feel extreme fatigue and to get fevers three weeks after returning from Senegal in March 2020, with only a few months left to a complete her Université de Montréal veterinary medicine program.
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No winning ticket for Friday's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket for Friday's $10 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $10 million jackpot in Friday's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Feb. 22 will be an estimated $15 million. The Canadian Press
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Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use

Scale up B.C. drug-checking programs to save lives: centre on substance use

VANCOUVER — Checking illicit drugs for deadly toxins is the best option to prevent fatal overdoses without a safer supply, but that service should be expanded to rural and remote communities in British Columbia, says the manager of a drug-checking pr
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Group involved in Ottawa protest asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act

Group involved in Ottawa protest asks court to halt federal use of Emergencies Act

OTTAWA — A group involved in the anti-government protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa is asking a court to put the brakes on federal use of the Emergencies Act to clamp down on demonstrators.
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Police arrest at least 100 in sweeping operation to dismantle Ottawa protest

Police arrest at least 100 in sweeping operation to dismantle Ottawa protest

OTTAWA — Police officers descended on anti-government protesters in Ottawa on Friday, arresting at least 100 people and towing more than 20 vehicles in a push to end a three-week occupation that has reverberated across Canada and around the world.
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The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond

The latest on protests against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa and beyond

The latest developments on ongoing protests against COVID-19 restrictions and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government, in Ottawa and various locations across Canada, on Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. All times eastern: 10:00 p.m.
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Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.

Politicians condemn violence at Coastal GasLink construction site in northern B.C.

Politicians are denouncing what police have called a violent confrontation in separate attacks against officers and employees at a construction site for a natural gas pipeline being built across northern British Columbia.
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Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home

Travellers to Nunavut who are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 can isolate at home

IQALUIT, NUNAVUT — Travellers to Nunavut who are unvaccinated for COVID-19 or partially vaccinated will no longer have to isolate in one of the government's isolation hotels in Southern Canada.
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Reporters take heat in Canada, U.S. for reaching out to donors who supported protests

Reporters take heat in Canada, U.S. for reaching out to donors who supported protests

WASHINGTON — Journalists in Canada and the United States, veterans of a daily grind that entails tracking down and chatting up newsmakers, politicians and ordinary citizens by whatever means necessary, are encountering a very different — and hostile
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