Skip to content

National News

National Student Loan Service Centre plagued by delays as requests for help soar

National Student Loan Service Centre plagued by delays as requests for help soar

Throngs of former students have been unable to reach Canada's loans centre, which is working through a backlog of more than 30,000 applications for repayment assistance.
Read more >
Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre

Grassy Narrows First Nations chief hails more funding for mercury treatment centre

OTTAWA — New money for a treatment centre for those living with the effects of chronic mercury poisoning comes as a ray of hope for a northern Ontario First Nation that has spent the past six decades in the shadow of a decades-old water contamination
Read more >
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Dec. 5, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Dec. 5, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Dec. 5, 2020. There are 408,921 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 408,921 confirmed cases (71,450 active, 324,882 resolved, 12,589 deaths).
Read more >
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:00 p.m. Alberta has recorded its third-straight day of more than 1,800 new COVID-19 cases.
Read more >
Manitoba judge rules church can't hold drive-in services forbidden by health order

Manitoba judge rules church can't hold drive-in services forbidden by health order

WINNIPEG — A Manitoba judge rejected a church's request Saturday to hold drive-in services despite the province's COVID-19 restrictions on public gatherings and in-person religious events.
Read more >
Canadian Rangers will help with Manitoba First Nation's COVID-19 outbreak

Canadian Rangers will help with Manitoba First Nation's COVID-19 outbreak

SHAMATTAWA, Man. — The Canadian Armed Forces says it will send a team of reservists to a First Nation in Manitoba to help with the community's COVID-19 response.
Read more >
Scaled-back, virtual ceremonies to mark 31st anniversary of Polytechnique killings

Scaled-back, virtual ceremonies to mark 31st anniversary of Polytechnique killings

MONTREAL — The anniversary of the attack that cut short the lives of 14 women at Ecole Polytechnique has become a day to reflect and call for action to end gender-based violence, but this year those moments will largely take place alone rather than i
Read more >
Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

Fort McMurray residents still cleaning, considering options after spring flooding

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. — More than seven months ago, Cora Dion and her husband fled Fort McMurray for the second time in four years as a spring flood threatened their home in northern Alberta.
Read more >
No winning ticket for Friday night's $17 million Lotto Max draw

No winning ticket for Friday night's $17 million Lotto Max draw

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $17 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Dec. 8 will be approximately $22 million. The Canadian Press
Read more >
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The federal government is laying plans for the procurement and distribution of COVID-19 vaccines. The approval of a vaccine by Pfizer and BioNTech is said to be imminent. The second vaccine in line for approval in Canada is from Moderna.
Read more >