Canada

PBO sees $363 billion deficit, warns of pitfalls from Liberals' promised stimulus

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the federal response to the COVID-19 pandemic should send the deficit to $363.4 billion. In a report this morning, budget officer Yves Giroux says the defi...

Mar 31, 2021

Quebecers to hold events ahead of Easter holiday to honour female victims of violence

MONTREAL - Several events are taking place across Quebec ahead of the Easter holiday to honour the memories of the women who have recently died in the province from domestic assault. The association o...

Mar 31, 2021

COVID-19 crisis entering 'final stretch,' says Trudeau: In The News for March 31

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 March 31 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Mar 31, 2021

Quebec politicians denounce rise in online hate as Ottawa prepares to act

MONTREAL - Death threats over an animal control plan, personal insults over stop signs, social media attacks targeting spouses - these are examples of what politicians in Quebec say has become an incr...

Mar 31, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 169,920 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,470,...

Mar 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, March 30, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 30, 2021. There are 976,598 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 976,598 confirmed cases (46,395 active, 9...

Mar 30, 2021

Alberta school curriculum out of tune with song by premier's grandfather: musicians

EDMONTON - Alberta jazz musicians and teachers are dropping their chops at the inclusion of a tune by Premier Jason Kenney's grandfather in the province's proposed Grade 6 school curriculum. "When I G...

Mar 30, 2021

Bright lights in the sky: A look at some of the UFO sightings in Canada last year

WINNIPEG - A recent survey posted by Ufology Research in Winnipeg says there was a jump in UFO sightings in Canada last year. Here are some of the 1,243 sightings: Jan. 23, 2020 - Someone shovelling s...

Mar 30, 2021

Alberta, Saskatchewan, Ontario urge Michigan to reconsider shutting down Line 5

WASHINGTON - Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario are forming a united front in the fight to reverse Michigan's shutdown of a key cross-border pipeline. Energy ministers from all three provinces are urgi...

Mar 30, 2021

Ottawa to extend eligibility criteria for Yazidi refugees: Mendicino

OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says his department will adopt a new policy to help more Yazidis and other survivors of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant reunite with their famili...

Mar 30, 2021