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Alberta to expand world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve

Alberta to expand world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve

EDMONTON — Alberta is to expand the world's largest connected stretch of boreal forest preserve.
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New survey on trust suggests most Canadians believe COVID-19 vaccines safe, effective

New survey on trust suggests most Canadians believe COVID-19 vaccines safe, effective

OTTAWA — Almost two in three Canadians surveyed recently said they trust COVID-19 vaccines to be both safe and effective. Proof Strategies conducts a survey every year to assess how much faith Canadians have in major institutions and authorities.
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Man, dog, killed in chain-reaction crash as semi stops on highway east of Vancouver

Man, dog, killed in chain-reaction crash as semi stops on highway east of Vancouver

HOPE, B.C. — Police say a crash that killed one person and injured dozens more east of Vancouver on Wednesday began with a semi-truck stopped in the S-curves on a mountainous highway that was covered in glare ice.
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COVID-19 postpones voting, puts off school break, prompts search for more vaccine

COVID-19 postpones voting, puts off school break, prompts search for more vaccine

Concern over the spread of COVID-19 has delayed some voting in the Newfoundland and Labrador provincial election, postponed school holidays in Ontario and prompted Manitoba to seek vaccine from a Canadian supplier.
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Ottawa to define "prior consent" through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti

Ottawa to define "prior consent" through dialogue with First Nations: Lametti

Ottawa can build a shared understanding of free, prior and informed consent with First Nations, Métis and Inuit into a new law to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Justice Minister David Lametti said Thursd
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Manitoba premier says his government will buy prospective Canadian vaccine directly

Manitoba premier says his government will buy prospective Canadian vaccine directly

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is preparing to buy two million doses of a prospective Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine without going through the federal government.
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Police search for fugitive jailed for two murders who escaped Quebec detention centre

Police search for fugitive jailed for two murders who escaped Quebec detention centre

SAINT-ALPHONSE-RODRIGUEZ, Que. — Quebec police continued searching Thursday for a federal inmate serving a sentence for two murders who escaped a minimum security facility north of Montreal Wednesday evening.
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Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador

Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings because of a sudden COVID-19 surge.
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Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at Canada Revenue Agency, RCMP

Internal data shows surge in harassment complaints at Canada Revenue Agency, RCMP

OTTAWA — Complaints of workplace harassment and violence have risen sharply at several federal departments and agencies in recent years, according to internal data.
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 2:40 p.m. Saskatchewan is reporting 114 new cases of COVID-19. Health officials say there are 187 people in hospital, with 24 patients with the virus in intensive care.
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