Canada

PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 million in "liquidity support" to businesses since the start of the pandemic. Four Crown corporation...

Oct 02, 2020

Trudeau to Trumps after positive COVID test: 'Get well soon and have a full recovery'

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are sending their best wishes to Donald Trump and his wife Melania after the pair tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau says on Twitte...

Greg Fry Oct 02, 2020

Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital to announce lawsuit

MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital says it will seek justice for her by launching legal proceedings. Members of Joyce Echaquan's famil...

Oct 02, 2020

Trump COVID test and military exports: In The News for Oct. 2

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. 2 ... What ...

Oct 02, 2020

'Staying calm:' Nunavut's top doctor trying to keep Far North safe from COVID-19

IQALUIT, Nunavut - In Nunavut, Dr. Michael Patterson is a household name. As the territory's chief public health officer, he leads the team responsible for keeping COVID-19 out of Nunavut's 25 c...

Oct 02, 2020

14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...

Oct 02, 2020

Champagne says he will stop arms exports to Turkey if rights abuse uncovered

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's willing to halt military export permits to NATO ally Turkey if an investigation determines Canadian technology is leading to hum...

Oct 02, 2020

Teachers worried about their health, quality of education as they deal with COVID-19

OTTAWA - Kelly Main says she has never felt as exhausted and stressed during her 27 years of teaching high school as she has since returning to the classroom this fall during the COVID-19 pandemic.As ...

Oct 02, 2020

B.C. Supreme Court hears petition for judicial review of Coastal GasLink certificate

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for the Office of the Wet'suwet'en were in British Columbia Supreme Court Thursday seeking an order quashing the extension of the environmental assessment certificate for a pipelin...

Oct 01, 2020

RCMP eases mask policy for bearded members, allows return to front line in some cases

OTTAWA - The RCMP has eased restrictions that sidelined bearded officers, including some Sikh and Muslim members, from front-line policing during the COVID-19 pandemic. Difficulties with properly fitt...

Oct 01, 2020