Pandemic made some Canadians more grateful for what they have, poll reports
A new poll suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has made some Canadians feel more grateful for what they have.
COVID-19 pandemic
Alberta looks forward
Alberta Finance Minister Travis Toews says the goal in 2021 is to get vaccines out and put the COVID-19 pandemic in the rear-view mirror, then work to fix a battered and beleaguered economy.
There are more than 60 words to describe sea ice in Inuktitut
Nunavut researchers turn to citizen scientists.
Supreme Court rejects injunction bid in flight refund case
The Supreme Court of Canada won't hear a case linked to a challenge about air passenger refunds for flights cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
COVID-19 border closures cause Canadian snowbirds to winter in B.C.
On a small island in British Columbia's Fraser River is a campsite packed with Canadian snowbirds who found refuge when the border with the United States was shut because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Ontario headed for provincewide lockdown, media reports say
The COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc across the country on Sunday, Dec. 20, causing the first deaths in Nunavut and, according to media reports, pushing Ontario towards a provincewide lockdown.
Ottawa granted third extension by Quebec Court to deal with revamped assisted-dying law
A Quebec judge has granted the federal government another delay in bringing medical assistance in dying legislation in line with a ruling from the province's Superior Court.
Canada's public transit on the rebound from COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand.
Ottawa to spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next 10 years
The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next ten years.
Ontario starts to administer first COVID-19 vaccines today
Ontario will administer the province's first COVID-19 vaccination today, December 14, 2020,with a health-care worker set to receive the dose in Toronto.
Pandemic fuels conspiracy QAnon theories in Canada, experts say
Conspiracy theories, including those propagated by the once-fringe QAnon movement, have gained traction as the COVID-19 pandemic fuels fear, social and economic insecurity, and mistrust in authorities, experts in Canada say.
Premiers' demands for long-term health funding take backseat to pandemic
A first ministers meeting on Dec. 10 that was supposed to be devoted to long-term, federal health care funding seems destined to be hijacked by a more urgent priority: surviving the COVID-19 pandemic.
AFN to discuss disproportionate impact of COVID-19 and UNDRIP legislation
The Assembly of First Nations is planning to urge the federal Liberal government to do more to deal with the disproportionate impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on their communities in a virtual version of its annual general assembly today, December 8, 2020.
From tents to 4-star hotel, pandemic prompts big changes for Montreal's homeless people
Alexandre was sorting cans one recent morning outside a tent pitched next to a busy Montreal road by the Port of Montreal.