Canada

Trial opens for Montreal cop charged with sexually assaulting Ontario woman

MONTREAL - A criminal trial started today in Montreal involving the first police officer to be charged following an independent investigation by Quebec's police watchdog. Roger Frchette, a Montreal po...

Jul 12, 2021

Feds launch tourism fund to help tourism businesses avoid spiral of debt, Joly says

OTTAWA - The federal government is offering easy financing for the country's beleaguered tourism operators, which the minister in charge says should help companies mired in debt. The sector has been a...

Jul 12, 2021

Canadian military's new plan to fight misconduct includes culture officers, training

OTTAWA - Canadian Armed Forces commander Lt.-Gen. Wayne Eyre says the military's new plan to fight misconduct will include posting "culture officers" to warships, holding workshops with survivors, and...

Jul 12, 2021

Judge sides with privacy watchdog on Google searches in 'right to be forgotten' case

OTTAWA - A federal judge says the results of Google searches are covered by the law governing how companies handle personal information, a victory for people seeking a digital "right to be forgotten."...

Jul 12, 2021

National strategy calls on Canada to address Inuit food security crisis

OTTAWA - A new strategy from Canada's Inuit organization calls on the federal government to support a national Inuit food security strategy to address what it calls a national public health crisis. Th...

Jul 12, 2021

Judge overseeing church challenge of COVID-19 restrictions says he was followed

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge overseeing a court challenge of public health rules by seven churches says he's deeply troubled a private investigator was hired to follow him with the intent of finding in...

Jul 12, 2021

Carolyn Rogers named new senior deputy at Bank of Canada

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is naming Carolyn Rogers as its new senior deputy governor. Rogers is a former assistant superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. She h...

Jul 12, 2021

Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination

OTTAWA - The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. Procurem...

Jul 12, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 12, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 114 new COVID-19 cases today and no deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health officials...

Greg Fry Jul 12, 2021

Ottawa adds national security risk assessments to federal research funding

OTTAWA - The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says ...

Jul 12, 2021