Canada

Van attack trial may proceed by videoconference due to COVID-19, court hears

TORONTO - The trial of a man accused of deliberately using a van to kill 10 people on a busy Toronto sidewalk may be held by videoconference next month due to recently imposed COVID-19 restrictions, c...

Oct 14, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 11:20 a.m. Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19, 844 of which are from the past 24 hours. Authorities said today ...

Tanner King Oct 14, 2020

Ex-senator Don Meredith's staff to be compensated $498K for harassment, abuse

OTTAWA - The Senate of Canada will pay nearly half a million dollars in compensation to nine employees of a now-resigned senator who say they suffered harassment, including sexual harassment, on the j...

Oct 14, 2020

Quebec reports 844 new COVID-19 infections plus 359 previously uncounted cases

MONTREAL - Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19, 844 of which are from the past 24 hours. The province said today 359 cases between Oct. 10 and 12 were previously unreported because of what...

Oct 14, 2020

Indigenous fishers in N.S. have lobster taken, van burned as tensions heighten: chief

HALIFAX - The chief of a Mi'kmaq First Nation says an angry group of non-Indigenous people damaged lobster pounds holding his people's catch and burned a vehicle on Tuesday night. Video being ci...

Oct 14, 2020

Mandatory COVID-19 vaccines and fake letter about wolves: In The News for Oct. 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 Oct. 14. What we are watching in Canada ... Ca...

Oct 14, 2020

Liberals make plea for seniors to file taxes as thousands at risk of losing benefits

OTTAWA - The federal government says tens of thousands of seniors are at risk of losing benefits because they haven't yet filed their taxes. The Liberals are making a public plea for them to submit th...

Oct 14, 2020

Canadians divided over mandatory COVID-19 vaccines, priority inoculations

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are turning against the idea of the government requiring people to get a vaccine for COVID-19 when it becomes available. Only 39 per cent of respondents in the p...

Oct 14, 2020

'Wake-up call:' Manitoba chief says increasing COVID-19 cases on reserves concerning

WINNIPEG - A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried. "It's a wake-up call for all of us," sa...

Oct 14, 2020

Man accused of murdering Alberta doctor back in court after psychiatric exam

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to be back in court today after a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour is charged with fi...

Oct 14, 2020