An eyewitness described “pure chaos” outside a Montreal polling station where a vehicle struck nine people Monday afternoon, including a young child. “I saw two people just absolutely, like, blown over by a car with with head injuries,” Chris Bertschmann, who was in line to vote at the time of...
Two rural Alberta schools are closing because of COVID-19. Clearview Public Schools in central Alberta says Big Valley School and Donalda School are shifting to at-home learning for Grades 1 to 9 for the next two weeks because more than 10 per cent of the students are away with illness,...
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hung onto power on Monday as his main rival conceded defeat, saying he had won a clear mandate to govern although he fell short of his goal for a majority win. Trudeau, in power since 2015 and governing with a minority of House of Commons...
Five people have been arrested after a woman poured liquid on the backside of Victoria Police Department Chief Del Manak during a memorial for Chantel Moore – an Indigenous woman from B.C. who was fatally shot by police last year. Manak was attending the event at the B.C. Legislature at...
Pub manager Crystal Meikle is used to pivoting with the shifting rules for businesses during the COVID-19 pandemic. But Ontario's proof-of-vaccination policy, set to take effect on Wednesday, treads into new territory, she said, since workers will be tasked with asking customers to show they are immunized against the virus. “The...
For the third time in less than a week, Saskatchewan has set another record for daily new COVID-19 cases after reporting 543 on Sunday. The record was previously set on Sept. 14, 2021, when 509 cases were reported. There are also the most patients in hospital and receiving intensive care in...
Canada's first-ever pandemic election culminates today as Canadians from coast-to-coast go to the polls to choose the 338 members of Parliament to sit in the House of Commons. Elections Canada says almost 6.8 million people voted early, most of them at advanced polls over a week ago, and the rest...
It’s Federal Election Day, so what does that mean for you? The polls are open in Nova Scotia for 12-hours, from 8:30 a.m. until 8:30 p.m. You can catch the details on where you can cast your ballot on your voter information card. You can find your electoral district on Elections Canada’s...
A man who was abducted early Thursday morning has been located with life-threatening injuries following a shooting and home invasion that left one of his sons dead and another in critical condition, Hamilton police say. On Thursday, shortly before 3 a.m., police responded to reports of a shooting at a...
New temporary health measures to help slow the spread of COVID-19 will apply provincewide. This includes new restrictions on restaurants, indoor gatherings, weddings and funerals, retail, entertainment venues, and indoor sport and fitness beginning Sept. 20. Measures in workplaces, indoor private gatherings, places of worship, schools and children’s activities,...