Canada

Ethics watchdog clears Morneau of accepting gift from WE Charity

OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog has cleared former finance minister Bill Morneau of failing to disclose a gift from WE Charity. Ethics commissioner Mario Dion accepts that Morneau "genuinely beli...

Oct 29, 2020

Federal election during the pandemic would be challenging but feasible: PHAC official

OTTAWA - A senior official at the Public Health Agency of Canada says holding a federal election during the COVID-19 pandemic would be feasible, despite the logistical challenges that Elections Canada...

Oct 29, 2020

Canada's ban on big cruise ships extended until February

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau says big cruise ships will be banned from Canadian waters at least until the end of February now. The same extension is being applied to the ban on smaller ves...

Oct 29, 2020

46 cases of COVID-19 linked to wedding events in Vaughan, Ont., health officials say

Charges are possible after more than 100 people attended a wedding north of Toronto that's linked to COVID-19 infections across much of southern Ontario, health officials said Thursday as they added t...

Oct 29, 2020

'They came with dogs:' Genomes show canines, humans share long history

EDMONTON - Somewhere near Lake Baikal on the Siberian steppes, archeologists were opening 7,000-year-old graves. The bodies had been carefully interred. One was buried with a long, carved spoon....

Oct 29, 2020

Alarm bells ring over COVID-19 and long-term care; Ontario to release new projections

Politicians, advocates and public health officials were ringing the alarm Thursday over COVID-19's impact on long-term care homes, as Ontarians awaited fresh projections of how the virus is expected t...

Oct 29, 2020

Man who opened fire at Toronto block party granted six more months of day parole

TORONTO - A man convicted of manslaughter in a deadly public shootout at an east Toronto block party is adjusting well to life in the community, officials say in granting him six more months of day pa...

Oct 29, 2020

Trudeau condemns deadly attack at Nice church that killed three

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is condemning what he is calling a deadly terrorist attack in the French city of Nice. French authorities say an attacker armed with a knife killed three people ...

Oct 29, 2020

More pandemics coming if environmental issues not dealt with: report

An international group of scientists has concluded pandemic problems are just starting unless the world moves to deal with the issues creating them. "The factors driving pandemics are human activities...

Greg Fry Oct 29, 2020

Judicial discretion for mandatory minimum sentences for murder would save $8.3M: PBO

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget office says allowing judges to use their discretion on whether to apply a lesser sentence for murder could save the federal government $8.3 million per year. Independ...

Oct 29, 2020