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Navy Lt. Pamela Hogan, a public affairs officer, says the coast guard vessel Cape Ann responded to a report of a 7.6-metre vessel aground about 14 kilometres north of Tofino.

The criticism comes from a former Canadian analyst in Europe who was on the diplomatic front lines of the political tensions between Ukraine and Russia.

Commissioners passed a motion to direct staff to explore a potential partnership with the Musqueam Indian Band, Squamish Nation and Tsleil-Waututh Nation.

While the federal government will now be distributing free rapid COVID-19 tests to provinces on a per-capita basis, it was done in response to individual requests prior to January.

The BA.2 sub-lineage appears to be more contagious than the original Omicron variant and is harder to detect in a PCR test, experts say.

Mendicino says the tweet from Independent MPP Randy Hillier is ``flagrantly abusive, offensive and Islamophobic'' and amounts to ``hate speech.''

Hospitals in Regina and Saskatoon are at capacity and if it continues to go this way for the next while, possible patient transfers to rural hospitals could be expected.

Canada is turning to a mix of youthful exuberance and battle-scarred experience in its quest for Olympic men's hockey gold minus the country's NHL stars.

SREDA took its quarterly snapshot of the Saskatoon economy just before the Omicron variant of COVID-19 swept through Saskatoon and much of Saskatchewan.

The pace of inflation hitting a 30-year high is especially painful for Canadians already struggling to get by as they face a limited ability to mitigate higher costs.

Ontario's police watchdog says charges will not be laid against a Guelph police officer after a 43-year-old woman suffered a concussion while in custody in October 2017.

Grocery stores say supply chain issues are easing -- but a convoy of truckers are making their way towards Ottawa to speak out in protest of vaccination mandates.

U.S. President Joe Biden repeated that there were no plans to send U.S. troops to Ukraine, which is not a NATO member, amid growing concerns about Russian threats.

Victoria Kalisky and her father Lorne have gone out overnight and handed out winter jackets, hats and gloves to hundreds of people experiencing homelessness in Montreal.

The Saskatchewan government says the province has received a limited quantity of 900 courses of Paxlovid from the federal supply, but more shipments are expected.

Pine Creek First Nation is suing Manitoba and Louisiana Pacific-Canada Ltd., alleging it has not been consulted about forest management rights for more than 15 years.

NACI recommended that children between five and 11 years old who are "moderately to severely immunocompromised" should be offered three doses of the Pfizer 10 mcg COVID-19 vaccine.

Insurance costs for those who live in Ontario fell on average by 3.8 per cent, with some areas seeing a drop of over 26 per cent from 2021, according to a new report.

François Legault unveiled the new plan, which includes allowing restaurants to reopen with limited capacity as of next week, during an update on the situation.

Provincial police in Oxford County are asking for the public's help in locating a missing 56-year-old Ingersoll, Ont. man.

The ongoing crisis is being watched around the world, and while Ukrainian leaders are urging for calm in the nation, they’re preparing for the worst.

The convoy of truckers rolled through Regina Monday night and was greeted by supporters who braved the cold weather to welcome them to town.

A Waterloo school board meeting discussion about books featuring transgender kids was shut down by the board chair. The teacher who spoke has been assigned to work from home.

The health unit says when temperatures are this low, children and seniors should take precautions to avoid the effects of the cold, or avoid going outdoors altogether.

Experts say Germany's current position in the Ukraine-Russia conflict is partly rooted in its inglorious history of aggression during the 20th century.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the province is "very, very close" to a child-care deal with the federal government.

“Ontarians can rest assured that the province’s integrated health-care system today is far more prepared to respond to any potential health risks than in the past,” Elliott said.

Alberta EDA becomes the first to formally request the party’s national council speed up a vote on Erin O’Toole’s leadership before the Conservatives' 2023 policy convention.

Premier François Legault is set to give an update on the ongoing health crisis Tuesday afternoon.

In a report released Tuesday morning, parliamentary budget officer Yves Giroux says the price tag will reach more than $1 billion by 2025.

Wellington County OPP say a firefighter suffered serious injuries in a single-vehicle crash in Elora, Ont., on Tuesday morning. 

Ontario added 64 more COVID-related deaths and reported 3,424 new lab-confirmed cases on Tuesday.

The COVID-19 lockdowns are part of China's "zero tolerance" measures to fight the pandemic that have been ratcheted-up ahead of the 2022 Olympics.

Nine players on the Saskatoon Blades active roster have entered the WHL’s COVID-19 protocol list.

Global News reported on Monday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's cabinet is weighing a proposal to send small firearms and ammunition to Ukraine.

Pfizer and BioNTech SE plan to test the immune response generated by the Omicron-based vaccine both as a three-shot regimen in unvaccinated people and as a booster shot.

Saskatoon-based VIDO is looking to become the second level four containment research facility in Canada.

The TVDSB announced just before 8 p.m. Monday that the school at Thompson Road and Adelaide Street South would be closed as of Tuesday.

Russia is denying it's planning an assault, but has gathered roughly 100,000 troops near Ukraine in recent weeks, leading western nations to rush to prepare for a possible war.

London police is probing several events at Downing Street because they met the force's criteria for investigating the “most serious and flagrant” breaches of COVID-19 rules.

It’s another day of school closures and other cancellations around southern Manitoba due to extreme cold and poor road conditions Tuesday.

Two minors were arrested on terrorism peace bonds, at least one related to ISIS.

The report said the COVID-19 pandemic has "been used in many countries as an excuse to curtail basic freedoms and sidestep important checks and balances."

The single undersea fiber-optic cable which connects the Pacific nation to the outside world was severed 10 days ago after a huge volcanic eruption and tsunami.

Calgary MP George Chahal's home was swarmed by anti-vaccine protesters on Sunday afternoon, while the MP's family was trying to celebrate a birthday.

The new language from Global Affairs Canada was added to an existing advisory to avoid non-essential travel to the country that has been in place since last week.

WestJet is alleged to have, between September 2014 and March 2019, published two prices for checked bags, one that was free and then charged passengers another that was higher.

"He told me, 'You can get your citizenship in Canada and get a better life and job and in two months, you get your PR."

Last month, the U.S. had paused the distribution of Regeneron and Lilly's treatments and said the halt would continue until new data emerges on their efficacy against Omicron.

The 109 shipping contains fell from the MV Zim Kingston in stormy waters last October, roughly 41 nautical miles west of the entrance to the Strait of Juan de Fuca.