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No winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket sold for Tuesday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for Tuesday's $50 million Lotto Max jackpot. However, one of the two available Maxmillion prizes of $1 million went to a single ticket holder in the Prairies. The jackpot for the next draw on Sept.
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Coroner probing Quebec elder care deaths during pandemic says workers deserve respect

Coroner probing Quebec elder care deaths during pandemic says workers deserve respect

MONTREAL — The Quebec coroner investigating the deaths at elder care homes during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic assured health workers they were not at fault and deserve respect for the working conditions they endured.
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Teal Cedar Products asks B.C. court for one-year injunction extension at Fairy Creek

Teal Cedar Products asks B.C. court for one-year injunction extension at Fairy Creek

NANAIMO, B.C. — A British Columbia forestry company appeared in court Tuesday to apply for a one-year extension of an injunction against ongoing protests over logging of old-growth trees in a remote area of southern Vancouver Island.
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Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health

Alberta's 'Open For Summer' plan was premature: chief medical officer of health

Alberta's top doctor says the province's "Open For Summer" plan set the trajectory for a crushing fourth wave of COVID-19, which her predecessor warns is leading to an "acute care system breakdown." Chief medical officer of health, Dr.
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Yellowknife schools ordered to close for 10 days as COVID-19 cases grow in N.W.T.

Yellowknife schools ordered to close for 10 days as COVID-19 cases grow in N.W.T.

YELLOWKNIFE — The top doctor in the Northwest Territories has closed all schools in Yellowknife and surrounding areas after a spike in COVID-19 cases.
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Dozens of lawyers call for suspension of extradition with France over Diab case

Dozens of lawyers call for suspension of extradition with France over Diab case

OTTAWA — More than 100 legal professionals are asking Canada to suspend its extradition treaty with France over concerns "an innocent man" could face trial there in a terrorism case.
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More than 150,000 people in Canada experience 'long COVID' symptoms: report

More than 150,000 people in Canada experience 'long COVID' symptoms: report

TORONTO — More research is needed to understand the so-called "long COVID" condition and the burden it poses on the health-care system, a science advisory group said in a report Tuesday.
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N.S. 'family that could' perished at rural getaway they had created this summer

N.S. 'family that could' perished at rural getaway they had created this summer

AMHERST, N.S. — What was to have been a Nova Scotia family's final wilderness outing of the summer to celebrate the third birthday of the youngest child ended in tragedy on the weekend when a fire in their travel trailer killed all six members.
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'Blatant attack': Panel of UN experts assails 'regressive' Texas abortion law

'Blatant attack': Panel of UN experts assails 'regressive' Texas abortion law

WASHINGTON — A "regressive" abortion ban in Texas has left the United States in violation of international law, and the Supreme Court — the ultimate guardian of the landmark 1973 ruling that makes it legal — is complicit, a United Nations expert pane
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Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence

Desmond inquiry: focus of hearings shifts to examination of domestic violence

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. — The complex issue of domestic violence was the focus Tuesday for an inquiry investigating why Lionel Desmond, a former soldier from Nova Scotia, killed three family members and himself in 2017.
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