Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - Former Conservative leadership candidate and longtime party stalwart Peter MacKay won't attend the party's policy convention this week. MacKay cited work and family as the reason for his abse...

VANCOUVER - Officials in British Columbia and Washington state will release their battle plan today to try to wipe out Asian giant hornets. Also dubbed the murder hornet, the invasive wasps have been ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 16, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 120,004 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,271,...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. There are 915,868 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 915,868 confirmed cases (31,517 a...

OLYMPIA, Wash. - Officials with the British Columbia and Washington state agriculture departments along with U.S. federal agencies are teaming up to trap, track and destroy invasive Asian giant hornet...

OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization adjusted Tuesday its advice for the use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to say that it can now be given to seniors. On March 1, NACI said the...

OTTAWA - Temporary foreign workers will no longer be totally exempt from mandatory hotel quarantines imposed on all incoming non-essential travellers, the federal government announced Tuesday. The new...

HALIFAX - The names of 16 people who gave statements to police following last April's mass shooting in Nova Scotia will remain redacted, a judge has ruled. In a written decision released Tuesday, Judg...

TORONTO - Officials in many Canadian provinces are tightening anti-pandemic restrictions to keep St. Patrick's Day from becoming a COVID-19 super-spreader event. Amid worries about a third pandemic wa...

EDMONTON - Alberta's energy minister is defending her government's attack on a children's movie about Bigfoot that she says is "quite offensive" and carries an inaccurate anti-oil message. Sonya Savag...