Canada

Finance Department faces grilling by MPs over tax rules in sale of family businesses

OTTAWA - Parliament's legal expert says the Liberal government waded into uncharted territory when it decided to delay enacting tax rule changes on the sale of small businesses between family members....

Jul 20, 2021

Liberals add $1.4 billion to climate change mitigation fund: McKenna

OTTAWA - Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna says the federal government is adding almost $1.4 billion to the disaster mitigation and adaptation fund this year to help communities across Canada ...

Jul 20, 2021

Court of Appeal rules Mountie to be jailed for police chase before fatal shooting

WINNIPEG - A former Mountie will be going to jail after Crown prosecutors appealed a sentence for his actions during a police chase that ended with the shooting death of a man in northern Manitoba. Ab...

Jul 20, 2021

Canada Child Benefits gets mini bump in payments with pandemic playing a role

OTTAWA - Canadian families are seeing the lowest annual increase in federal child benefits since payments were tied to inflation as the pandemic has weighed on price growth over the last year. The gov...

Greg Fry Jul 20, 2021

Volunteers sought in anticipation of plan to evacuate, resettle Afghan interpreters

OTTAWA - An organization counting retired military officers and diplomats among its ranks is looking for volunteers to welcome and help integrate any former Afghan interpreters and their families who ...

Jul 20, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Tuesday, July 20, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10 a.m. The Nunavut government says Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak is officially over after nearly a month with no new cases. It ha...

Jul 20, 2021

Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak declared over after 28 days with no new cases

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut government says Iqaluit's COVID-19 outbreak is officially over after nearly a month with no new cases. It was 28 consecutive days Monday without cases, which meets the t...

Jul 20, 2021

Police seeking spouse of slain woman, 32, found in Montreal apartment

Montreal police say they are looking for the spouse of a woman found dead Monday in an apartment in the city's Parc-Extension district. A spokeswoman says the suspect is a 30-year-old male. Police say...

Jul 20, 2021

Additional wildfire evacuation orders issued in B.C. because of wildfires

At least 160 properties have been ordered to evacuate as an aggressive wildfire burns in the south Okanagan. The Osoyoos Indian Band ordered the evacuation of more than 100 properties Monday because o...

Jul 20, 2021

Mounties say human remains located in search for missing Manitoba man

WINNIPEG - Mounties say they have found human remains while investigating the case of a missing Manitoba man whose neighbor is a suspect in his disappearance. The remains were found in the Rural Munic...

Jul 19, 2021