Canada

Public Healthy Agency of Canada gets new president as current one steps down

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada is getting a new president as the country heads into the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has tapped Iain Stewart, curren...

Sep 21, 2020

Federal, provincial battle over carbon tax goes before Supreme Court this week

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's carbon tax is going on trial Tuesday. The Supreme Court of Canada is set to hear appeals in three separate cases to determine if the federal carbon-tax legisla...

Sep 21, 2020

Warrant alleges N.S. mass killer's prior violence against family, growing paranoia

HALIFAX - Court documents released today describe the violence a Nova Scotia mass killer inflicted on his father years before his rampage as well as the gunman's growing paran...

Sep 21, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Horgan meets Lt.-Gov. amid B.C. election speculation

VICTORIA - B.C. Premier John Horgan is meeting with Lt.-Gov. Janet Austin today amid speculation he will call a provincial election. Horgan has called an 11 a.m. news conference following the&nbs...

Tanner King Sep 21, 2020

COVID-19 gains steam as Quebec and Ontario report surge in new infections

MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic appears to be gaining steam across Eastern Canada as Ontario and Quebec report a surge in infections. Health authorities in Quebec reported 568 new...

Sep 21, 2020

Mourners pay tribute outside U.S. Supreme Court as battle brews over RBG's successor

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Mourners are streaming past the steps of the U.S. Supreme Court in a tranquil show of respect for Ruth Bader Ginsburg.Across the street on Capitol Hill, however, a much less serene...

Sep 21, 2020

NewsAlert: RCMP launch operation south of Montreal connected to White House ricin letter

ST-HUBERT, Que. - The RCMP says it's conducting an operation south of Montreal in connection with an envelope containing the poison ricin that was sent to the White House. Police said today the operat...

Sep 21, 2020

Liberals pledge $1 billion for cities to buy motels, hotels for rapid-housing program

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals plan to spend $1 billion over the next six months so cities and other housing providers can keep people from becoming homeless. The rapid-housing funds can be used to buy...

Sep 21, 2020

Feds reluctantly approve Ontario carbon price for big industrial emitters

OTTAWA - Ontario will be able to use its own carbon-pricing system for big industrial emitters after getting a green light from the federal government over the weekend. However Environment Minis...

Sep 21, 2020

N.S. Mi'kmaq bands restock lobster traps after gear removed by non-Indigenous boats

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - Mi'kmaq communities in Nova Scotia are restocking lobster traps for Indigenous harvesters after a flotilla of non-Indigenous fishing boats removed the gear from St...

Sep 21, 2020