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Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP

Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP

OTTAWA — Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant.
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Royal Winnipeg Ballet agrees to $10M settlement over instructor's photographs

Royal Winnipeg Ballet agrees to $10M settlement over instructor's photographs

WINNIPEG — A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit against the Royal Winnipeg Ballet over allegations a former teacher and photographer took intimate photos of students and released them without their consent.
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Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister

Provinces to receive large shipments of rapid tests this month: prime minister

Federal officials are adding more COVID-19 rapid tests to Canada's arsenal as surging infections from the Omicron variant push some public sectors to the brink.
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Airlines won't fly home Quebec passengers from Sunwing party flight to Mexico

Airlines won't fly home Quebec passengers from Sunwing party flight to Mexico

MONTREAL — Passengers who filmed themselves partying maskless aboard a chartered Sunwing Airlines flight from Montreal to Mexico last week have become pariahs and now face being stranded after two more airlines announced Wednesday they will not fly t
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More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come

More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come

OTTAWA — Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door.
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A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: — Ontario businesses are dealing with another round of pandemic-related closures and capacity restrictions , but details of financial support remain scant.
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Iain Rankin, former N.S. premier and leader of Liberals, announces resignation

Iain Rankin, former N.S. premier and leader of Liberals, announces resignation

HALIFAX — Former Nova Scotia premier Iain Rankin said Wednesday he would step down as Liberal leader, after reflecting during the holidays on his career and taking responsibility for his party's loss in the August election to the Progressive Conserva
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Iran snubs another deadline in PS752 crash as families call for action

Iran snubs another deadline in PS752 crash as families call for action

OTTAWA — Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago.
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Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity

Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity

IQALUIT, Nunavut — Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mostly in Iqaluit, Arviat and Rankin Inlet.
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Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot

Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot

WASHINGTON — Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart.
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