Canada

Penticton, B.C., man accused in 4 deaths to plead guilty: defence

KELOWNA, B.C. - The lawyer for a man accused in a shooting that left four people dead in Penticton, B.C., says his client plans to plead guilty next week. John Brittain was charged with three co...

Oct 05, 2020

Health officials 'steering in uncertain waters' in tackling 2nd wave of COVID-19: Tam

Canada's top public health officer says the complexities of the current wave of COVID-19 are spurring regions with rising cases to adopt different measures as they seek to turn the tide of the pa...

Oct 05, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 2:10 p.m. The Manitoba government is requiring bars and other licensed establishments in the greater Winnipeg region to close ea...

Oct 05, 2020

Feds reveal details of $35M fund to help make farms safer in COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says some Canadian farmers can now apply for emergency funding to protect their workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. The program will subsidize farms...

Oct 05, 2020

SARS was 'dress rehearsal for COVID-19' but Canada failed health-care workers: report

Canada put health-care workers at risk of contracting COVID-19 and taking it home to their families because it failed to learn lessons from Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome in 2003, a new report says...

Oct 05, 2020

Magnitsky sanctions demanded against Iranians in January shootdown of airliner

OTTAWA - Families and loved ones of those killed in the shootdown of a passenger jet over Tehran are urging Canada to impose so-called Magnitsky sanctions that would target those directly responsible....

Oct 05, 2020

RCMP tech analyst testifies about material found on N.B. shooting suspect's computer

FREDERICTON - A senior forensic analyst with the RCMP has begun testifying at the first-degree murder trial of Matthew Raymond in Fredericton. Raymond, 50, is accused in the August 2018 shooting...

Oct 05, 2020

After dairy and metals, U.S. trade hawks setting sights on foreign berries, produce

WASHINGTON, Wash. - After waging war on Canadian dairy, steel and aluminum, Donald Trump's White House is setting its sights on foreign berry farmers and vegetable growers. U.S. Trade Representa...

Oct 05, 2020

Number of new COVID-19 cases in Quebec hits highest level since pandemic began

MONTREAL - Health officials in Quebec are reporting 1,191 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest single-day total since the beginning of the pandemic. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in...

Oct 05, 2020

Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul

OTTAWA - Former Green leader Elizabeth May slammed the New Democrats this morning for refusing stand down their candidate in a coming byelection so the first Black woman elected to lead a federal part...

Oct 05, 2020