Canada

Feds fund small nuclear reactor ahead of national strategy to adopt more of them

OTTAWA - An Ontario nuclear power company is getting $20 million from Ottawa to try to get its new reactor in line with Canada's safety regulations. Terrestrial Energy in Oakville, Ont., is one of abo...

Oct 15, 2020

Govts, companies shifted COVID risk management responsibility to individuals: study

TORONTO - A new Canadian study has found that over the first five months of 2020, government and corporate approaches to COVID-19 went from taking decisive, collective action against the pandemic to e...

Oct 15, 2020

Feds can use spending power to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care: Miller

OTTAWA - The federal government is ready to use its financial leverage over the health system to fight anti-Indigenous racism in health care, Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says. He says tha...

Oct 15, 2020

Online hate, racist hiring practices among targets of $15M federal anti-racism funds

OTTAWA - At least a dozen new projects to go after online hate are being funded through Ottawa's anti-racism strategy today. Diversity Minister Bardish Chagger says 85 projects are getting money throu...

Oct 15, 2020

Jurors in N.B. mass murder trial shown more images on suspect's computer of 'demons'

FREDERICTON - Jurors for the trial of accused mass murderer Matthew Raymond are being shown more images and messages from the suspect's computer hard drives. Alex Pate, a lawyer with Raymond's d...

Oct 15, 2020

Evidence complete at Gilbert Rozon rape trial, judge to hear closing arguments Nov. 6

Former entertainment mogul Gilbert Rozon was cross-examined today at his rape trial and denied ever assaulting the complainant. The 65-year-old founder of the Just for Laughs comedy festival tol...

Oct 15, 2020

'Discovery by little Nathan:' 12-year-old makes fossil find in southern Alberta

Aspiring paleontologist Nathan Hrushkin speaks with pride about his "killer resume." The Grade 7 student from Calgary discovered a rare dinosaur skeleton earlier this year at Horseshoe Canyon in the B...

Oct 15, 2020

Chinese envoy warns Canada against granting asylum to Hong Kong protesters

OTTAWA - The Chinese ambassador to Canada is warning the Trudeau government not to grant asylum to Hong Kong residents fleeing a widely criticized national security law imposed by Beijing. Ambassador ...

Oct 15, 2020

Quebec reports 969 new cases of COVID-19 as death toll linked to virus rises by 28

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 969 new cases of COVID-19 and eight deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus in the past 24 hours. Health authorities said today another 22 deaths newly linked to the ...

Oct 15, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 783 new cases of COVID-19 and five new deaths related to the coronavirus. Health Minister Christ...

Oct 15, 2020