Canada

Regardless of election, uniting the U.S. a mission impossible for next president

PHILADELPHIA - The mission for Joe Biden, should he prove to be elected: bring the United States back together. Even fictional superspy Ethan Hunt might think twice about that one. If they...

Nov 07, 2020

COVID challenge: Alberta premier urges end to house parties as infections rise

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney is strongly urging Albertans to stop holding house parties and get-togethers to bend the curve on sharply rising COVID-19 cases. Alberta has reported just over 1,400 ne...

Nov 06, 2020

New trial ordered for B.C. father 37 years after the murder of his two sons

OTTAWA - Canada's justice minister has ordered a new trial in the case of a British Columbia father convicted of two counts of second-degree murder nearly 40 years ago. Tomas Yebes was found guilty in...

Nov 06, 2020

Former RCMP officer testifies of 'tangible tension' between gaming enforcement teams

VANCOUVER - A former RCMP officer has told the inquiry into money laundering that there was "tangible tension" between the two British Columbia policing teams working to prevent illegal gaming in the ...

Nov 06, 2020

Quebec invests $15 million to improve cultural security of Indigenous patients

MONTREAL - Quebec is investing $15 million into the province's health-care system to increase cultural security among First Nations and Inuit communities. The concept of cultural security refers to a ...

Nov 06, 2020

Trudeau says hoped-for COVID-19 vaccine faces distribution hurdles in the new year

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says some COVID-19 vaccine candidates expected in the new year will pose significant logistical and distribution challenges.Trudeau says he hopes a viable vaccine will be...

Nov 06, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Nunavut's first case of COVID-19 confirmed in Sanikiluaq

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer has confirmed the territory's first case of COVID-19. Michael Patterson says in a news release that the confirmed case is in the Hudson Bay com...

Nov 06, 2020

Airlines' 'bait-and-switch' strategy lures customers to flights that never take off

OTTAWA - Rob Przybylski and Courtney Ross were slated to wrap up the month on a Costa Rican beach, sipping sugarcane cocktails with friends and family as they celebrated their wedding. Instead, the Os...

Nov 06, 2020

To cut Trump off or let him rant: That is the question facing broadcasters

TORONTO - Deciding on the fly whether to air in real time U.S. President Donald Trump's baseless allegations of election fraud is a tricky dilemma that defies easy solutions, broadcast journalists and...

Nov 06, 2020

Convicted sex offender Donald Sullivan volunteered with Scouts Canada in N.L.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A former Scouts leader convicted in Ottawa of sex crimes against young boys was also a volunteer with the organization in Newfoundland and Labrador, and a lawyer specializing in sex...

Nov 06, 2020