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Bloc takes aim at new transport minister, pointing finger at 'Islamic movement' ties

OTTAWA - The Bloc Qubcois is seeking to sow doubt about Canada's new transport minister Omar Alghabra over his association with what it calls "the political Islamic movement." Leader Yves-Franois Blan...

Jan 13, 2021

Ottawa announces $1.2B more to help Indigenous communities fight COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa will spend $1.2 billion in new funding to help Indigenous communities keep fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.That includes another $380 milli...

Jan 13, 2021

Canada's outgoing military commander sounds alarm over threat of xenophobia

OTTAWA - The outgoing commander of the Canadian Armed Forces is sounding the alarm over the re-emergence of xenophobia in Canada and elsewhere, describing it as a destabilizing force that has sparked ...

Jan 13, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11:15 a.m. Quebec is reporting 2,071 new cases of COVID-19 today and 35 more deaths attributed to the virus. Health officials sa...

Jan 13, 2021

Alberta musician Corb Lund comes out against proposed coal mines in Rocky Mountains

An Alberta musician is coming out against proposed coal mines for the province's Rocky Mountains. Corb Lund, who has sung around the world about cowboy culture and rural life for decades, has released...

Jan 13, 2021

Seven residents at Montreal care home get COVID-19 after receiving first vaccine dose

MONTREAL - Seven residents of a Montreal long-term care centre who received a first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine have contracted COVID-19. Management at the Maimonides Geriatric Centre informed...

Jan 13, 2021

Vaccine panel says Canada can delay second dose of COVID-19 vaccine if shortage

OTTAWA - Canada's national panel of vaccine experts says the second COVID-19 vaccine dose can be delayed briefly in a bid to get more people a first dose faster. The National Advisory Committee on Imm...

Jan 13, 2021

Impeachment, again: Congress mobilizes to brand Trump with a second scarlet letter

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A historic second day of reckoning looms for Donald Trump. Democrats in the House of Representatives, along with a number of Republicans, are poised to impeach the U.S. president fo...

Jan 13, 2021

Ontario's stay-at-home order and Canadians' mental health: In The News for Jan. 13

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 Jan. 13 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 13, 2021

Review finds successes, failures in Liberals' feminist aid approach in Afghanistan

OTTAWA - An internal review of the nearly $1 billion in foreign aid that Canada quietly spent in Afghanistan after the Canadian military pulled out has found some successes but also many failures - es...

Jan 13, 2021