Canada

Year in review: A look at news events in June 2020

A look at news events in June 2020: 01 - Federal health officials said nursing homes had reported nearly 26,000 deaths among residents from COVID-19. 01 - U.S. President Donald Trump declared himself ...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in January 2020

A look at news events in January 2020: 02 - The U.S. Pentagon announced a military airstrike at Baghdad's International Airport killed a top-ranking member of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard. It happ...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in February 2020

A look at news events in February 2020: 01 - The new coronavirus global emergency sent markets tumbling as major airlines announced the suspension of flights to China. Tour companies and hotels in Wes...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in August 2020

A look at news events in August 2020: 01 - The recipient of the first partial face transplant in the U.S. died almost a dozen years after the groundbreaking operation. The Cleveland Clinic said 57-yea...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in April 2020

A look at news events in April 2020: 1 - Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced a $71-billion price tag on the Liberal wage subsidy program for large and small businesses. That's expected to ...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in May 2020

A look at news events in May 2020: 01 - Pioneering drummer Tony Allen, considered the driver of the Afrobeat sound that featured prominent guitars, complex brass harmonies and polyrhythmic drumming, d...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in July 2020

A look at news events in July 2020: 01 - Canada, the U.S. and Mexico officially enacted the new North American free-trade deal, after months of gruelling negotiations and several setbacks. 01 - The CO...

Dec 31, 2020

Year in review: A look at news events in March 2020

A look at news events in March 2020: 01 - Former U.S. vice-president Joe Biden scored a resounding victory in South Carolina's Democratic primary, riding a wave of African-American support to get some...

Dec 31, 2020

Industry, local mayors say they weren't consulted on B.C. fish farm phase out plan

Several Vancouver Island mayors and members of British Columbia's salmon farming industry say a federal government decision to phase out fish farming has left them feeling "disposable and discarded." ...

Dec 31, 2020

Orthodox Jewish group says its Quebec schools aren't breaking law by staying open

MONTREAL - An ultra-Orthodox Jewish group says its schools aren't violating a Quebec government decree by staying open and it's accusing the education minister of using the Hasidic community as a scap...

Dec 31, 2020