Canada

Work-from-home tax deduction could cost feds $260 million in lost revenue, PBO says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says the federal government could lose out on $260 million from a simplified federal tax measure to let Canadians write off working from home due to the pande...

Feb 04, 2021

RCMP body cameras to costs $131 million over five years: budget officer

OTTAWA - Outfitting RCMP officers with body-worn cameras at 700 detachments will cost an estimated $131 million over five years. A parliamentary budget officer costing note says RCMP are expected to p...

Feb 04, 2021

Vaccine doses cross million and 'Schitt's Creek' nominated: In The News for Feb. 4

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 Feb. 4 ...What we are watching in Canada ...Th...

Feb 04, 2021

Feds ramp up efforts to help residents of Hong Kong immigrate to, stay in Canada

OTTAWA - The federal government is moving forward on efforts to help citizens of Hong Kong remain in Canada rather than return home amid China's clampdown on democracy.One of several new immigration p...

Feb 04, 2021

Federal Conservatives call for special Commons study of Canada-U.S. relations

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling for a special House of Commons committee devoted to Canada-U.S. relations. They'll advance the idea during a debate in the House of Commons today devoted...

Feb 04, 2021

Foreign interference by Saudi Arabia, China, Rwanda hurts democracy: report

OTTAWA - A groundbreaking new report details how countries such as Saudi Arabia, China and Rwanda are meddling in democratic countries, including Canada, to harass, threaten and commit violence agains...

Feb 04, 2021

Ontario to reopen most schools on Monday, Toronto, Peel, York on Feb. 16

TORONTO - Students in Ontario regions hit hard by COVID-19 will begin returning to physical classrooms next week as the province said new infections were gradually declining and additional measures ha...

Feb 03, 2021

Senate committee accepts assisted-dying bill but amendments still to come

OTTAWA - A Senate committee has accepted without amendment a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying.But the legal and constitutional affairs committee breezed through clause-by-clause st...

Feb 03, 2021

Judge denies CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence

OTTAWA - A court has put the brakes on a Canadian Security Intelligence Service request to collect foreign information, ruling a proposed technique would stray beyond the spy service's legal mandate. ...

Feb 03, 2021

Fear that delayed second COVID-19 vaccine dose could lead to new variants 'realistic'

MONTREAL - Experts say delaying the second dose of some COVID-19 vaccines could lead to the emergence of new variants of the virus - but there's no sign it has happened yet. "It's a theoretical, reali...

Feb 03, 2021