Canada

Doctors, patient advocates say telemedicine spurred by pandemic is here to stay

The arrival of COVID-19 has taken the concept of telemedicine from a pipe dream to a fixture across Ontario, with many doctors expressing the hope that the change is here to stay long beyond the pande...

Sep 17, 2020

Post-secondary students paying for inaccessible services as they study online

OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Students is crying foul over fees post-secondary institutions are charging for services and facilities students can't use. With classes having moved online due to t...

Sep 17, 2020

'Taken too soon, too violently': Woman whose husband, kids were shot dead speaks at funeral

OSHAWA, Ont. - A woman who lost her husband and three of her children in a grisly shooting in Oshawa, Ont., this month says getting from one day to the next sometimes feels like an "impossible ta...

Sep 17, 2020

Wage subsidy extension into 2021 critical for tourism sector to survive: industry

OTTAWA - A coalition of organizations representing the tourism sector says the federal government must keep its wage-subsidy program in place well into next year for businesses with dire prospects for...

Sep 17, 2020

Sleeping driver of speeding Tesla on Alberta highway faces criminal charge: RCMP

CALGARY - RCMP have charged a British Columbia man with dangerous driving after an officer pulled over a speeding Tesla on a central Alberta highway that appeared to be driving itself. Mount...

Sep 17, 2020

Quebec provincial police report rise in online threats posted to social media

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say online threats posted on social media have increased significantly in the past year, including against politicians. Spokesman Guy Lapointe said today on Tw...

Sep 17, 2020

Nova Scotia First Nation to launch lobster fleet amid tension on the wharf

SAULNIERVILLE, N.S. - A First Nation in Nova Scotia plans to launch its own lobster fishing fleet today, in defiance of federal regulations that say the fishery is closed for the season. The Sipekne'k...

Sep 17, 2020

Vancouver's shuttered aquarium searching for financial solution amid pandemic

VANCOUVER - Lillooet stepped out of her travelling cage, stretched her wings, shook her tail feathers and looked around the empty foyer of the Vancouver Aquarium. The 22-year-old African penguin ...

Sep 17, 2020

From beef and hot tubs to shellfish, cargo theft a growing concern in Canada

CALGARY - People may have found it odd when thieves made off with truckloads of hot tubs and beef within days of each other in rural Alberta, but the Insurance Bureau of Canada says it highlights a gr...

Sep 17, 2020

Mourners to gather in Oshawa, Ont., and saliva testing: In The News for Sept. 17

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 Sept. 17 ... Wha...

Sep 17, 2020