Canada

Canada receives shipment of 100,000 COVID-19 rapid tests: procurement minister

Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Canada has received a first shipment of 100,000 rapid tests for COVID-19. Anand confirmed the delivery of the ID Now kit, which can provide results in as l...

Oct 21, 2020

Montreal-based company launches global map of methane concentrations

MONTREAL - A Montreal company has unveiled what it boasts is the most accurate map of global methane concentrations ever made. On Wednesday, GHGSat unveiled Pulse, an interactive map available for fre...

Oct 21, 2020

Sister of accused N.B. shooter testifies that he spoke of hoaxes prior to murders

FREDERICTON - The sister of the man charged with four murders in Fredericton two years ago says she began seeing changes in her brother in early 2017. Matthew Raymond, 50, is charged with first-degree...

Oct 21, 2020

Canada jumps closer to military-spending target thanks to COVID-19's economic damage

OTTAWA - New figures from the NATO military alliance have revealed the tiniest of silver linings as COVID-19 wreaks havoc with Canada's economy. That's because the pandemic has helped Canada take a gi...

Oct 21, 2020

'Blacklisted:' Nova Scotia First Nation pulls commercial lobster boats from the water

HALIFAX - The chief of the First Nation behind a disputed moderate livelihood lobstery fishery in Nova Scotia says recent vandalism and the loss of potential sales has cost the band more than $1.5 mil...

Oct 21, 2020

Trudeau Liberals face confidence vote over proposed anticorruption committee

OTTAWA - A dispute over the scope and composition of a House of Commons committee will come to a head today in a vote that could trigger a federal election in the midst of the second deadly wave of CO...

Greg Fry Oct 21, 2020

Think tank uses UN Security Council appearance to appeal for Canadian's release

The president of a prominent think tank used a high-level U.N. Security Council meeting Tuesday to appeal for the release of former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig, who has been held by Beijing for n...

Oct 21, 2020

Committee dispute and unusual Alberta Goodwill find: In The News for Oct. 21

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 Oct. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Oct 21, 2020

Canada's bill to outlaw LGBTQ2 conversion therapy has global influence: UN expert

OTTAWA - A United Nations expert says proposed Canadian legislation that would ban forcing children or adults into therapy to alter their sexual orientation or gender identity could help further LGBTQ...

Oct 21, 2020

Statistics Canada to unveil September inflation reading

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how much prices went up or down in September, with expectations for near-zero movement. The agency reported last month that the inflation-measuring con...

Oct 21, 2020