Canada

Container ship fire off British Columbia smoldering, no longer spreading

A container fire that broke out on Saturday on a cargo ship carrying mining chemicals off British Columbia is smoldering and appears to be under control, Canadian Coast Guard officials…

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Canadian Coast Guard says monitoring container ship fire

Oct 24 (Reuters) - The Canadian Coast Guard said it is monitoring a fire that broke out on a container ship off the coast of Victoria, British Columbia, and is…

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Canada scraps COVID-19 travel advisory; Ontario to end mask, vaccine rules by March

Canada has scrapped an official advisory urging its citizens to shun non-essential foreign travel, given its successful campaign to inoculate people against COVID-19, the country's top medical officer announced. Hours…

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Canada to wind down broad-based COVID aid programs as economy recovers

Canada will not extend existing broad-based COVID-19 support programs for companies and individuals when they expire on Saturday because the economy is recovering well, Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said. Instead,…

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Canada’s ‘tax the rich’ plan leaves big debt risk untouched

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's new government is set to impose higher taxes on Canadians, which will help fund some campaign promises but are not broad enough to also start paying down…

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U.S. and Canadian warships sailed through Taiwan Strait last week

A U.S. and a Canadian warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait late last week, the American military said on Sunday, at a time of heightened tension between Beijing and Taipei…

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U.S. to lift Canada, Mexico land border restrictions in November for vaccinated visitors

The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending historic curbs on non-essential travelers in place…

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Canada’s overworked healthcare sector braces for staff shortages as vaccine mandates loom

Canada's health and long-term care industries are bracing for staff shortages and layoffs, as deadlines for vaccine mandates loom across the country, with unions pushing federal and provincial governments to…

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Malta customs intercept 6 stolen cars from Canada enroute to Abu Dhabi

3 Ford pick-ups F450, 1 Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV, 1 Jaguar F-pace and 1 Ford Expedition SUV, all stolen from Canada, were intercepted by Customs at the Freeport. The scanning…

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Malta Customs intercepts another six cars stolen in Canada

Three Ford pick-ups F450, one Jeep Grand Cherokee SUV, one Jaguar F-pace and one Ford Expedition SUV, all stolen from Canada, were intercepted by Customs at the Freeport. The scanning…

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Canadian province of Ontario to further ease pandemic restrictions

Ontario is lifting capacity limits on concert venues, theaters and spectator facilities at sports games as of Saturday at midnight, the government of Canada's most populous province said on Friday,…

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Unvaccinated federal workers in Canada will be put on unpaid leave

Federal employees in Canada who are not fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and have not obtained medical exemptions will be forced to take unpaid leave, the Globe and Mail reported, citing…

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Heart inflammation rates higher after Moderna COVID-19 vaccine – Canada data

Oct 1 (Reuters) - Canadian health officials said on Friday data suggests reported cases of rare heart inflammation were relatively higher after Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine compared with the Pfizer/BioNTech shots…

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China welcomes Huawei executive home, Trudeau hugs Canadians freed by Beijing

SHENZHEN, China/TORONTO, Sept 25 (Reuters) - Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday, ending her near three-year U.S. extradition fight, the same day two Canadians detained…

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Catholic Church apologises for century of abuses in Canada’s residential schools

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops officially apologized for their role in the country's notorious residential school system for the first time, after refusing to do so for years despite…

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UPDATED: China welcomes Huawei executive home, but silent on freed Canadians

Chinese state media welcomed telecoms giant Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, back to the "motherland" on Saturday, after more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada, on what…

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Business as usual for Trudeau after Canada status quo election

OTTAWA, Sept 21 (Reuters) - It was business as usual in Canada on Tuesday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau fell short of winning a majority in a tightly contested parliamentary…

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Update – Canada’s main opposition party concedes defeat after PM Trudeau wins third term

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Erin O'Toole, the leader of Canada's main opposition Conservative Party, conceded defeat on Tuesday after failing to block Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals from securing a third…

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Canadians go to the polls, Trudeau unlikely to secure majority

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau may cling to power in Monday's election but looks set to lose his bid for a parliamentary majority after a tough campaign that dashed his…

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Canada’s Trudeau, rival look to fire up supporters ahead of tight vote

OTTAWA/WINDSOR, Ontario (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday acknowledged the unpopularity of his pandemic election and intensified his calls on progressive voters to back his campaign, with his…

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Canada adds 90,200 jobs in August, unemployment falls to 7.1%

Canada added 90,200 jobs in August, mostly full-time positions, and the unemployment rate dropped to 7.1%, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Analysts surveyed by Reuters had expected a gain of…

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Canada PM Trudeau angrily accuses main rival of favoring abortion curbs, gun owners

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, facing a possible election defeat, lashed out at his main rival, accusing him of favoring restrictions on abortion and wanting to loosen gun controls. Opinion…

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Parties focus on key battlegrounds in tight Canadian election

Canada's federal election race is so close that even a few swing districts on the western Prairies, a region usually hostile to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals, may be key…

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Canada’s Trudeau, trailing in polls, goes on attack two weeks before vote

Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, trailing in opinion polls, attacked his main rival on Monday for waffling on gun control and vaccine mandates as the campaign enters its final stretch…

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Polls show Canada’s Conservatives ahead in tight election race

OTTAWA, Sept 3 (Reuters) - Canada's ruling Liberals are falling behind their main rival Conservatives in the latest polls ahead of the Sept. 20 vote, which will determine who forms…

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Canada’s Trudeau on defensive over election call, few big blows landed at first debate

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, struggling ahead of a Sept. 20 election, came under concerted fire at a debate on Thursday from opponents who said he had no business calling…

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Toronto’s hospital network to sack employees unvaccinated at end of October

A healthcare network that operates several hospitals in Toronto said it would sack any staff members who are not fully vaccinated by the end of October. The University Health Network…

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U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders through Sept. 21

The United States on Friday extended the closure of its land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Sept. 21 despite Ottawa's decision to open…

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Canada’s Trudeau takes gamble, calls snap election for Sept. 20

OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday called a snap early election for Sept. 20, saying he needed a new mandate to ensure voters approved of his Liberal…

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Canada to require COVID-19 vaccines for federal workers

Canada said it will soon require all federal public servants and many other workers to be vaccinated against COVID-19, as it looks to boost its already world-leading inoculation rate amid…

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Canada PM Trudeau planning snap election, seeks approval for COVID response

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is planning a snap election for Sept. 20 to seek voter approval for the government's costly plans to combat COVID-19, four sources familiar with the…

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Canada planning COVID-19 vaccine passport for international travel

Canada is working to create a digital vaccine passport that would allow citizens to travel abroad and it should be available in the next few months, government officials said. Before…

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Chinese court sentences Canadian Spavor to 11 years in espionage case

A Chinese court convicted Canadian businessman Michael Spavor of espionage on Wednesday and sentenced him to 11 years in prison, in a case that is embroiled in a wider diplomatic spat involving Washington and…

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Canadian border staff to begin work-to-rule strike action starting Friday

Almost 9,000 Canadian border staff will begin "work-to-rule" strike action starting on Friday, the union announced, days before Canada begins allowing fully vaccinated U.S. visitors in the country for the…

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Toronto home prices rise 13% in July, condos buck overall drop in sales

Home prices across Toronto, Canada's most populous city, climbed nearly 13% in July from a year ago, while new listings fell almost 31%, data from the Toronto Regional Real Estate…

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U.S. extends travel curbs at Canada, Mexico land borders through Aug. 21

The U.S. government on Wednesday extended the closure of land borders with Canada and Mexico to non-essential travel such as tourism through Aug. 21 even as officials debate whether to…

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Warning foreign actors will seek to interfere in next Canada election

Foreign state-sponsored actors will try to interfere in the next Canadian federal election but not on the scale of the campaign mounted against the United States, Canada's electronic signals spy…

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Canada may allow fully vaccinated travellers by early September

Canada may permit fully vaccinated travellers into the country by early September, the country's prime minister said, if the current trend in vaccination rate and public health conditions continue. Justin…

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Canada sheds 294,200 jobs in June – ADP

Canada lost 294,200 jobs in June, mainly on a plunge in service sector jobs in industries hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions, a report from payroll services provider ADP showed on…

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Canada orders rail restrictions to reduce wildfire risk

Canada on Sunday ordered rail transport restrictions for areas where there is a high wildfire risk in both British Columbia and nationally after a blaze wiped out the town of…

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Canada will not welcome unvaccinated tourists for some time -PM Trudeau

Foreign tourists who are not vaccinated against COVID-19 will not be allowed to enter Canada for quite some time because the government is unwilling to jeopardize progress made on containing…

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A look at the unmarked graves found at Canadian former residential school sites

Canada has been rocked by the disclosures of more than 1,000 unmarked graves at the sites of former residential schools - institutions that were part of an abusive system that…

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Lightning strikes fuel wildfires during Canadian heatwave

Lightning strikes in Western Canada over the past two days soared nearly tenfold from the same time a year ago, triggered in part by a record-breaking heat wave, meteorologists said,…

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Canada posts C$1.39 billion trade deficit in May

Canada posted a trade deficit of C$1.39 billion ($1.12 billion) in May as imports increased while exports fell, Statistics Canada said on Friday. Imports were up by 2.1%, largely on…

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Canada Day muted as country reckons with treatment of indigenous, other minorities

Multiple cities scrapped Canada Day celebrations after the discovery of hundreds of remains of children in unmarked graves at former indigenous schools sparked a reckoning with the country's colonial past.…

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New evacuation orders issued in western Canada as fire guts town after record heat

A forest fire that began after three days of record-breaking temperatures has destroyed most of the small western Canadian town of Lytton, as government officials issued fresh evacuation orders as…

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Deaths surge in U.S. and Canada from worst heatwave on record

A heatwave that smashed all-time high temperature records in western Canada and the U.S. Northwest has left a rising death toll in its wake as officials brace for more sizzling…

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Canada to ban sale of new fuel-powered cars and light trucks from 2035

Canada will ban the sale of fuel-burning new cars and light-duty trucks from 2035 in an effort to reach net-zero emissions across the country by 2050, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s…

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Health Canada recommends people with rare blood condition not get AstraZeneca vaccine

Health Canada said it has recommended that people with a history of capillary leak syndrome not be inoculated with drugmaker AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine. "Health Canada is updating the product monograph…

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Dozens dead in Canada as heatwave shatters records

The Canadian province of British Columbia suffered nearly double the average deaths as temperatures hit a record high of 46.6°C (115.88°F) during the past four days of "extreme heat", officials…

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Canada says COVID-19 Delta variant could cause greater than expected surge

Canada projects COVID-19 infections will decline rapidly over the next two months, but the more contagious Delta variant risks causing a greater-than-expected resurgence of cases later this year, public health…

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Iran dismisses Canada report on downing of airline as ‘highly politicised’

Iran criticised as "highly politicised" on Friday a report by a special Canadian forensic team that accused the country of incompetence and recklessness over the downing of a Ukrainian passenger…

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Hundreds of unmarked graves found at indigenous school in Canada

A Canadian indigenous group announced the “horrific and shocking discovery” of hundreds of unmarked graves at the site of a former residential school, just weeks after the discovery of other…

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Canada’s Senate vote opens way for single event betting

Canada's Senate passed a bill that will open the way to legalize betting on single games or sporting events, which is currently illegal except for on horse racing. The vote…

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EU and Canada set up a strategic partnership on raw materials

Today, the framework setting the ground for the EU-Canada strategic partnership on raw materials was formally adopted, following political endorsement at the EU-Canada Summit on 15 June. The partnership will allow both sides…

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Canada takes cautious step toward lifting border restrictions, businesses fret

Canada took a cautious first step toward easing COVID-19 border restrictions, saying it was prepared to relax quarantine protocols for fully vaccinated citizens returning home starting in early July. Canada's…

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“We’re all pained” – Canada indigenous leaders dismiss Pope remarks

Indigenous leaders and school survivors on Sunday dismissed Pope Francis' expressions of pain at the discovery of 215 children's remains at a former Catholic residential school in Canada, saying the church needed to do much more.…

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