Canada

Wife of Nunavut man who died from COVID-19 pleads with people to get vaccinated

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The wife of a Nunavut man who died from COVID-19 after contracting it in his community is urging the territory's residents to get vaccinated. Diane Sammurtok's husband Luki died in ...

Jan 14, 2021

Supreme Court to examine limits on conditional sentencing

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will examine the constitutionality of a law that prevented a judge from allowing an offender to avoid jail by imposing a conditional sentence for certain crimes. T...

Jan 14, 2021

Man arrested in anti-Semitic graffiti attack on Montreal synagogue to appear in court

Montreal police say a 28-year-old man arrested Wednesday for allegedly defacing a synagogue with anti-Semitic graffiti will appear in court today.The man was arrested after spray-painted swastikas wer...

Jan 14, 2021

PSAC contesting CRA determination that payments of Phoenix damages are taxable

OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says it will contest a decision that would see government workers pay tax on money they receive as part of a settlement reached over long-standing pr...

Jan 14, 2021

The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.Quebec is reporting 2,132 new cases of COVID-19 and 64 more deaths, including 15 that occurred in the past 24 hours.The provinc...

Jan 14, 2021

Revenues from tax changes on stock options to slowly ramp up over a decade, PBO says

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the federal treasury will see a trickle of new revenue roll in faster than the government expects from changes to tax rules on employee stock options. The ...

Jan 14, 2021

Ottawa pledges financial aid to Juno Beach museum battered by COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - The federal government is promising to provide financial aid to Canada's only Second World War museum in Europe, which has been battered by COVID-19. Following months of discussions, Veterans...

Jan 14, 2021

Emergency doctors call for greater transparency on vaccine rollout

OTTAWA - The professional group for emergency doctors in Canada wants more transparency about COVID-19 vaccine distribution. The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling for a clear des...

Jan 14, 2021

Ontario's stay-at-home order in effect and 'Courage' masks: In The News for Jan. 14

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 Jan. 14 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 14, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada decision coming today in N.L.'s Mount Cashel sex abuse case

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A decision today from Canada's highest court will determine whether a decades-long legal battle over sexual abuse that took place at the Mount Cashel orphanage in St. John's, N.L., ...

Jan 14, 2021