Canada

Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government

MONTREAL - Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million.The money will come through the federal government's Large Employer Emergency Financing Fa...

Apr 29, 2021

Vaccine for meat plant workers and 'a crime, not a party': In The News for April 29

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 April 29 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 29, 2021

Worker fears getting COVID-19 without sick leave, wants B.C. to act

VANCOUVER - Avtar Badesha says he fears getting COVID-19 or being exposed to the virus because he couldn't support his family without any paid sick leave during quarantine. The 33-year-old power engin...

Greg Fry Apr 29, 2021

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. The military commander handling l...

Apr 29, 2021

Cabinet's ability to award Buy American exemptions 'strenuously limited,' Biden says

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says he has "strenuously limited" the ability of U.S. cabinet members to grant exemptions to his Buy American rules. In his first speech to Congress as president, Bide...

Apr 29, 2021

Conservatives say record $8.47M raised so far in 2021 as election possibility looms

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it raised a record $8.47 million in the first three months of 2021. The party says that breaks the record it set back in the first quarter of 2019 when i...

Apr 29, 2021

Conservatives call on Trudeau to allow Telford to testify on Vance complaint

OTTAWA - Conservatives are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to allow his chief of staff to testify at a parliamentary committee about what she knew about a complaint involving former defence c...

Apr 29, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 262,161 new vaccinations administered for a total of 12,8...

Apr 28, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, April 28, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 28, 2021. There are 1,202,737 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,202,737 confirmed cases (83,354 act...

Apr 28, 2021

Yukon Liberals, NDP strike agreement to govern after election tie

WHITEHORSE - Yukon Premier Sandy Silver and New Democrat Leader Kate White have announced the two parties have reached an agreement to work together to govern. Silver told a news conference that both ...

Apr 28, 2021