Category Archives: Canada
NewsAlert: Ontario asks other provinces, territories to send nurses as COVID surges
TORONTO - Ontario is pleading with other provinces to send nurses and other health workers as it buckles under surging COVID-19 infections.In a letter to all provinces and territories, the Ontario gov...
Apr 16, 2021
Expectations high as Trudeau Liberals get ready to unveil first pandemic budget
OTTAWA - The Liberals will look to thread an economic needle with Monday's budget, while dealing with a minority Parliament where the document's defeat would topple the government. It has been more th...
Apr 16, 2021
Liberal government pressed to delay tax filing deadline from end of April
OTTAWA - The federal government is coming under pressure to extend this month's tax-filing deadline, much like it did last year during the first wave of COVID-19. The Opposition Conservatives are aski...
Apr 16, 2021
Trudeau sending help to Ontario as Pfizer vaccine supply bolstered by 8 million doses
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile...
Apr 16, 2021
Preliminary inquiry in September for ex-PQ leader Boisclair charged with sex assault
MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair will have a preliminary hearing on sex assault charges on Sept. 30.Boisclair was not present in court today as the inquiry date was set for cha...
Apr 16, 2021
Wilkinson urges opposition leaders to stop stalling net-zero carbon emissions bill
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is urging opposition leaders to end stalling tactics on a bill that would require the federal government to set legally binding targets for reducing ca...
Apr 16, 2021
New restrictions in Ontario?; eight dead in U.S. shooting: In The News for April 16
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 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Apr 16, 2021
Prince Philip remembered as calm presence during Queen's visits to the North
There's a road in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, that stretches all the way around Williamson Lake, a small body of water in the centre of town. But, unlike a lot of the roads in the community then, this one ...
Apr 16, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, April 15, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 15, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 308,845 new vaccinations administered for a total of 9,205...
Apr 15, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, April 15, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 15, 2021. There are 1,096,716 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,096,716 confirmed cases (83,143 acti...
Apr 15, 2021