Category Archives: Canada

Yukon officials offer reassurance after COVID-19 case identified in school
WHITEHORSE - Yukon officials say everything has gone according to plan after the first case of COVID-19 was identified at a secondary school since classes resumed. Dr. Catherine Elliott, the territory...
Sep 09, 2021

Plea deal possible for Quebec woman accused of sending Donald Trump poison
WASHINGTON - A United States federal prosecutor says his office is working on a plea deal that could be offered to a Quebec woman accused last year of sending poison to former president Donald Trump. ...
Sep 09, 2021

Nova Scotia's mass shooting inquiry has submitted subpoenas to the RCMP: spokeswoman
HALIFAX - The inquiry investigating the mass killing in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives last year has filed almost 50 subpoenas to compel the release of information from several organizations, inclu...
Sep 09, 2021

Canadians among those on board Qatari commercial flight out of Afghanistan
OTTAWA - Senior government officials say an unknown number of Canadians are among around 200 foreigners who flew out of Afghanistan on a commercial flight today. The Qatar Airways flight from Kabul to...
Sep 09, 2021

45 complaints filed against Montreal archdiocese, independent ombudswoman says
MONTREAL - The independent ombudswoman hired by the Montreal Roman Catholic archdiocese to investigate allegations of abuse and other inappropriate behaviour says 45 complaints have been filed against...
Sep 09, 2021

Retired Quebec health manager shocked by situation at Résidence Herron, coroner hears
MONTREAL - A coroner's inquest into deaths at a suburban Montreal long-term care home is hearing from a former manager who acted as an intermediary between the local health authority and the owners of...
Sep 09, 2021

Leaders gear up for English-language debate tonight after French joust
GATINEAU, Que. - Five federal party leaders are licking their wounds and prepping their zingers after an occasionally testy debate yesterday that came ahead of tonight's first and only one in English....
Sep 09, 2021

Federal leader debates, COVID hospitalization costs : In The News for Sept. 9
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 9 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 09, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada to rule on bail request from fashion mogul Peter Nygard
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is expected to deliver a ruling today on whether a Canadian fashion mogul who faces sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States will stay behind ...
Sep 09, 2021

How a plane diverted to Newfoundland on Sept. 11 forged a 20-year friendship
GAMBO, N.L. - Every Friday evening, Steve Badcock pours himself a drink and flips open his laptop to video chat with a close friend he met because of a terrorist attack in New York City and its ripple...
Sep 09, 2021