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Annual mass honouring Montreal's unclaimed dead adopts special meaning during COVID
MONTREAL — Audience members were called to lay white roses in front of the altar of a Montreal cathedral on Wednesday during a ceremony in honour of the hundreds of Quebecers who die each year with their bodies left unclaimed.
Sep 16, 2020 4:06 PM
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Easier, quicker saliva sampling eyed for next stage of COVID-19 testing
TORONTO — A saliva-based COVID-19 test is likely to be available this fall, say private and public health officials touting various methods under consideration across the country as lineups grow at COVID-19 assessment centres and cases emerge in newl
Sep 16, 2020 3:37 PM
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Manitoba government says it wants clarity on First Nations health care
WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government is seeking a judicial review of a human rights ruling involving health care provided to a disabled boy in a First Nations community.
Sep 16, 2020 3:18 PM
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Canadian politicians who've been forced to isolate because of exposure to COVID-19
OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is just the latest on a growing list of Canadian politicians who have been needed to isolate themselves and get tested for COVID-19.
Sep 16, 2020 3:12 PM
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B.C. nurses will be able prescribe drugs to help stop overdose deaths
VANCOUVER — Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order that advocates are hailing as a major step in the battle to save lives.
Sep 16, 2020 3:01 PM
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Driver arrested after nine pedestrians injured by car in Montreal
MONTREAL — Nine people, including two children, were injured after they were struck by a car in north-end Montreal Wednesday afternoon. Montreal police said the driver hit a pedestrian at an intersection and fled the scene.
Sep 16, 2020 2:59 PM
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Canadian forestry invents biodegradable mask filter, aims for full mask by Christmas
OTTAWA — A Quebec-based forestry innovation organization says it has figured out how to make a single-use face mask filter out of fully-biodegradable wood products. Stéphane Renou, the president of FPInnovations Inc.
Sep 16, 2020 2:57 PM
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Lobster protests: Nova Scotia MP demands immediate action from Ottawa
HALIFAX — A Nova Scotia MP is demanding Ottawa step in to quell rising anger among lobster fishermen who are accusing Indigenous fishermen of illegally trapping and selling lobster out of season.
Sep 16, 2020 2:43 PM
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New Brunswick mass shooting trial on hold until Tuesday due to 'unexpected' issue
FREDERICTON — The murder trial for a Fredericton man charged in the 2018 fatal shootings of four people has been put on hold until next week.
Sep 16, 2020 2:41 PM
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Conservative Leader O'Toole in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is the second federal party leader in as many days to get tested for COVID-19 and put himself into isolation after possibly being exposed to the virus through a staffer.
Sep 16, 2020 2:23 PM
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