The Canadian Press

Five Manitobans who repeatedly violated pandemic public health orders have been handed fines. 

Provincial court Judge Victoria Cornick said during sentencing that a message must be sent that public health orders are to be respected and tickets did not deter the five after each offence. 

Tobias Tissen, Patrick Allard, Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier admitted to breaking limits on outdoor public gatherings that were in place over several months in 2020 and 2021. 

Canada's immigration minister now projects it will take a few months longer than originally hoped to get application wait times back on track.

Sean Fraser promised in January to eliminate backlogs caused by the COVID-19 pandemic by the end of the year.

That was before Canada launched a major response to the refugee crisis sparked by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. 

Frasier says that effort has contributed to longer waits for people who want to come to Canada.

Five Manitobans have been convicted of repeatedly violating COVID-19 public health orders.

Patrick Allard, Tobias Tissen, Todd McDougall, Sharon Vickner and Gerald Bohemier have admitted to breaking limits on outdoor public gatherings in 2020 and 2021. 

Provincial court Judge Victoria Cornick convicted the five on Wednesday based on a statement of facts agreed to by their lawyers. 

Greta Constantine is vying for back-to-back wins in the womenswear category at the Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards.

The Toronto label, which clinched the prize last year, was named among the nominees Tuesday for the awards honouring homegrown talent setting trends on the runway.

Also competing in the womenswear category are Hilary MacMillan, Silk Laundry, LECAVALIER and UNTTLD.

In menswear, the contenders are Mr. Saturday, SECTION 35, École de Pensée, Christopher Bates and Raised by Wolves.

Lawmakers and advocates in the United States are ramping up the pressure on the federal government to ease travel delays between the U.S. and Canada. 

The Canadian American Business Council's new campaign, "Travel Like it's 2019," aims to flood federal MPs with public demands for action. 

It calls on Ottawa to scrap the troublesome ArriveCan app, a mandatory pre-screening tool for visitors to Canada. 

And it wants the federal government to clear the backlog of 350,000 applications for the Canada-U.S. trusted-traveller system known as Nexus. 

A prominent Quebec cardinal is denying allegations he sexually assaulted a woman and says he will participate in any civil legal action against him in order to clear his name, the Vatican's official news portal said Friday.

Cardinal Marc Ouellet, who was once considered a front-runner to become pope, is quoted in Vatican News saying he has "learned of the false accusations made against me … I firmly deny having made any inappropriate gestures toward her."

Canadian flags hang alongside French and British on the streets of Dieppe, France, each August as the city marks the anniversary of an important and disastrous day during the Second World War. 

Eighty years ago today, more than 5,000 Canadian soldiers were sent onto the beaches in an attempt to breach the occupied town from the sea.

Among them was 20-year-old Gordon Fennell, a member of the Calgary Tanks regiment, who has returned this week to commemorate the battle in which more than 900 Canadians died.

Former Liberal member of Parliament Anita Neville has been named Manitoba's next lieutenant-governor. 

In announcing the appointment, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Neville has long been a champion for the people of her community, province and country.

"As lieutenant-governor of Manitoba, I know she will continue to make a difference for Manitobans and Canadians. I wish her all the best in her new role," Trudeau said in a news release Monday.

Neville held the Winnipeg South Centre seat from 2000 to 2011, when she lost to Conservative Joyce Bateman.

Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders.

The province says the three schools employ staff who are named in the suit filed by former students of Legacy Christian Academy in Saskatoon.

The suit alleges physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse at the academy between 1992 and 2005.

Some of the allegations include paddling children and an exorcism.

Saskatchewan is stepping in to supervise three independent schools after a proposed class-action lawsuit was filed against former teachers, pastors and church elders.

The province says the three schools employ staff who are named in the suit filed by former students of Legacy Christian Academy in Saskatoon.

The suit alleges physical, sexual, psychological and spiritual abuse at the academy between 1992 and 2005.

Some of the allegations include paddling children and an exorcism.