Travelers waiting up to six days for quarantine COVID-19 test results
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — Canadians who have permission to cross the border by car could be waiting several days for COVID-19 test results when they come back home. Some fully vaccinated British...
View ArticleFeds host Islamophobia summit after series of deadly attacks across Canada
OTTAWA — The federal government is hosting a summit on Islamophobia Thursday following a series of violent, targeted attacks that killed or injured Muslim Canadians and left communities across the...
View ArticleDaily Recap: Canada’s results at the Tokyo Olympics 2020
The Tokyo Olympics 2020 have officially kicked off and Canada has sent 370 athletes to compete in a wide variety of sports over the next two weeks. On this page, you can find all the updated...
View ArticlePenny Oleksiak anchors Canada’s silver medal win in swimming relay
Canada has won its first medal at the Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Penny Oleksiak and Kayla Sanchez of Toronto, Margaret Mac Neil of London, Ont., and Rebecca Smith of Red Deer, Alta., finished in a time...
View ArticleMargaret Mac Neil captures Canada’s first gold medal of Tokyo Games
Margaret Mac Neil won the women’s 100 metre butterfly event to capture Canada’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics. Mac Neil, who was part of the silver medal winning women’s 4 x 100-metre...
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Canada to mark major COVID-19 vaccine milestone this week
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — With a slight rebound in COVID-19 cases in some parts of Canada, the country is poised to mark a new milestone in its COVID-19 fight this week. An additional five million doses...
View ArticleFires in Western Canada creating own weather systems, experts say
A combination of intense heat and drought conditions is causing wildfires in Western Canada to generate their own weather systems, experts say. Michael Fromm, a meteorologist with the United States...
View ArticleCanada edges Mexico to capture bronze in women’s softball at Tokyo Olympics
YOKOHAMA, Japan — Canada has won its first-ever Olympic softball medal. Kelsey Harshman drove in the go-ahead run on a sacrifice fly in the fifth inning as the Canadians beat Mexico 3-2 for bronze at...
View ArticlePandemic to thank for increase in cannabis sales in Canada
TORONTO (NEWS 1130) – Canadian cannabis users are doing a lot less puff, puff, pass during the COVID-19 pandemic, as people try to minimize their distance and contact with one another. The shift away...
View ArticleCanadian Maude Charron wins gold medal in weightlifting
Canadian weightlifter Maude Charron has won gold in the women’s 64-kilogram competition at the Tokyo Olympics. More to come
View ArticleCanada’s farmers say heat wave, drought show vulnerable agricultural sector...
When an unprecedented heat wave “cooked” the cherries growing at his family’s farm in Oliver, B.C., Pravin Dhaliwal tried to see past the financial loss to the passion that spurred him to follow in the...
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Canada beats Brazil in penalty kicks for spot in Tokyo soccer semifinals
TOKYO — Canada beat Brazil 4-3 in penalty kicks in the women’s soccer quarter-finals on Friday to advance to the high stakes semi-finals where they will, once again, play for a medal. In a rematch of...
View ArticleFeds host Islamophobia summit after series of deadly attacks across Canada
OTTAWA — The federal government is hosting a summit on Islamophobia Thursday following a series of violent, targeted attacks that killed or injured Muslim Canadians and left communities across the...
View ArticleCanada to receive 2.3 million doses of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine this week
The federal government is expecting to receive more than 2.3 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, as public health officials brace for a potential fourth wave of infections....
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Canadian soccer player the 1st openly transgender person to receive an...
TOKYO — Team Canada is going for gold for the first time ever in women’s Olympic soccer but it’s not the only historic moment from the team. A member of Canada’s team will become the first openly...
View ArticleVancouver soccer academy watch alumni as Canada’s women prepare to ‘go for...
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — The Vancouver soccer community is among those celebrating Canada’s historic trip to the gold medal match later this week, as a hometown woman was on the pitch to help celebrate...
View ArticleCanadians De Grasse, Brown qualify for men’s 200m final at Tokyo Olympics
Canada will have two runners representing the country in the men’s 200m final Wednesday, the reigning silver medalist Andre De Grasse and Aaron Brown. A new Canadian record was set by De Grasse as he...
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Canada-Sweden women’s soccer gold-medal game time changed due to heat
TOKYO — It will be an early morning for soccer fans in B.C. after Olympic organizers agreed to change the start time of the women’s soccer gold-medal game. A Canada Soccer spokesperson confirms Canada...
View ArticleMore than 400 international flights to Canada in July carried positive...
More than 400 international flights landing in this country last month were carrying positive cases of COVID-19 despite a mandatory requirement for negative tests before people get on a plane. The...
View ArticleCanada, Sweden set to play for soccer gold in rescheduled final
After toppling archrival U.S. in the semifinal, Canada’s women’s soccer team is set to go for gold against Sweden. The gold medal match kicks off at 9 p.m. local time – 8 a.m. eastern – after both...
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