Category Archives: Canada
Canadian hantavirus case confirmed by national laboratory test
Laboratory testing has confirmed the presumptive positive case of the Andes strain of hantavirus reported in British Columbia The Public Health Agency of Canada confirmed the results Sunday in a resid...
May 17, 2026
Trump's abortion 'gag rule' has Canadian aid sector asking Ottawa to show leadership
OTTAWA - Canadian aid groups are deliberating how to respond to American policies that block U.S. aid for virtually any group in developing countries that provides abortion, science-based sexual healt...
May 17, 2026
Another man has died while waiting for care at hospital: Alberta Medical Association
EDMONTON - The Alberta Medical Association says another patient has died while waiting for care at a hospital, as the province's health agency investigates the case. AMA President Dr. Brian Wirzba say...
May 16, 2026
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette to meet Macron in Paris on economic mission
PARIS - Quebec Premier Christine Frchette is in Paris on an official mission and is set to meet French President Emmanuel Macron on Monday at the lyse Palace. She is also scheduled to meet her French ...
May 16, 2026
Canadian isolating in B.C. tests "presumptive positive" for hantavirus
British Columbia's provincial health officer says one of the four Canadians isolating in the province who had been on a cruise ship where there was a hantavirus outbreak has received a "presumptive po...
May 16, 2026
Drake breaks three daily Spotify records for 2026 with new albums
Drake fans who might have felt left out in the cold waiting for new music after the rapper's last solo album in 2023 seem to have warmly embraced his latest drop. With the release of three albums Frid...
May 16, 2026
Canadiens playoff run has increased ridership on Montreal's light-rail network
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens' quest for the Stanley Cup has been giving the city's light-rail network a boost. The Bonaventure station of the REM - Rseau express mtropolitain - connects to the Ha...
May 16, 2026
Confusion around postgraduate work permit language resulting in rejections
OTTAWA - Lukas Troni graduated from the University of British Columbia in April 2025. He was putting his geography and environment degree to good use in a job at a Canadian environmental organization ...
May 16, 2026
B.C. allowed logging in caribou habitat despite its own ministry's recommendation
VICTORIA - Mike James doesn't know yet whether his first grandchild will be a boy or girl, but he hopes they will have a chance to see threatened southern mountain caribou during a future visit to his...
May 16, 2026
BR-Logging-BC
British Columbia's Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship recommended that logging be prevented in an area where threatened southern mountain caribou live, but that was overruled by the gove...
May 16, 2026