Canada

Quebec's second wave driven by community transmission, muddled messaging, expert says

MONTREAL - Quebecers following the COVID-19 news in recent days may be feeling a certain sense of deja vu. The government has been announcing 700, 800, even close to 900 new cases per day - numbers no...

Sep 30, 2020

Green party kept donations meant for Glen Murray campaign in error

OTTAWA - The federal Green party says it accidentally kept donations that were meant to support the leadership campaign of Glen Murray. The party says contributions meant for the former Winnipeg mayor...

Sep 29, 2020

Fredericton city councillors divided after poet laureate reads abortion poem

Fredericton city council is considering ending the custom of opening public meetings with a poem after the city's poet laureate read lyrical verses about abortion during a meeting Monday night. ...

Sep 29, 2020

Liberals revive efforts to make Sept. 30 holiday for Indigenous reconciliation

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is reviving its effort to create a new statutory holiday to commemorate the victims and survivors of Indigenous residential schools. Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault...

Sep 29, 2020

Letter sent by new Tory leader Erin O'Toole mirrors text on rival MacKay's website

OTTAWA - A fundraising letter sent by new Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole to party members contains passages identical to sections of his rival Peter MacKay's campaign website. The missive to members...

Sep 29, 2020

Nurse fired, coroner to investigate after dying Indigenous woman taunted in hospital

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says a nurse has been fired after an Indigenous woman who was dying Monday night at a Quebec hospital was subjected to degrading remarks. The Quebec coroner'...

Sep 29, 2020

Defence argues United States misled Canada in its summary of the Meng case

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou are wrapping up arguments today over the admissibility of evidence in her extradition case as they contend the United States misled Canadian offic...

Sep 29, 2020

Manitoba reports budget surplus for last year, but predicts COVID deficit this year

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government has registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade. Documents show the province ended the 2019-20 fiscal year in March with a razor-thin surplus of $5 mil...

Sep 29, 2020

Former Conservative MP Rob Anders facing multiple charges for evading taxes

OTTAWA - Former Conservative MP Rob Anders has been charged with tax evasion. The federal prosecution service says Anders is also charged with making misleading statements and for getting a refu...

Sep 29, 2020

Montreal restaurateurs 'in shock' after provincial government orders 28-day closure

MONTREAL - Quebec restaurateurs say they are in shock after the government ordered restaurant dining areas closed for 28 days in the province's two biggest cities. The order was one of several announc...

Sep 29, 2020