Canada

CN says bridge repairs underway near Hope, B.C., after 60 CP freight cars derail

HOPE, B.C. - CN Rail says work is now underway to recover the 60 freight cars that derailed off a bridge Monday about 100 kilometres east of Vancouver. A statement from the company says the ...

Sep 16, 2020

Canadian retailers scramble to keep up with surging demand for patio heaters

TORONTO - As the weather gets cooler and COVID-19 cases start to surge again, more and more Canadians are looking to extend patio season by adding a heater to their outdoor space. The demand for ...

Sep 16, 2020

'Messaging matters:' Experts urge clearer distancing directions for young people

Government and public health officials need to empower people in their 20s to reduce the risk of contracting COVID-19, instead of blaming and shaming them for disproportionately representing new infec...

Sep 16, 2020

Conservative Leader O'Toole in isolation after staffer tests positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he, his family and some party workers are in self-isolation after an aide tested positive for COVID-19. A statement from the party says the O'Too...

Sep 16, 2020

Lobster protests: Nova Scotia MP demands immediate action from Ottawa

HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia MP is demanding Ottawa step in to quell rising anger among lobster fishermen who are accusing Indigenous fishermen of illegally trapping and selling lobster out ...

Sep 16, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. nurses will be able prescribe drugs in OD fight

VANCOUVER - Registered and psychiatric nurses in British Columbia will be able to prescribe safer drugs for people at risk of overdose under a new public health order. Provincial health officer Dr. Bo...

Sep 16, 2020

Task force crosses partisan lines to call for $55 billion for climate, clean energy

OTTAWA - A new report from an independent task force says Canada's economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic needs massive investments in clean energy, climate-resilient buildings and electric cars...

Sep 16, 2020

Feds 'only part of the puzzle' in MMIW national action plan: Marc Miller

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the national action plan on missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is coming soon - but the federal government is not the only player. A...

Sep 16, 2020

New Brunswick mass shooting trial on hold until Tuesday due to 'unexpected' issue

FREDERICTON - The murder trial for a Fredericton man charged in the 2018 fatal shootings of four people has been put on hold until next week. Justice Larry Landry of the Court of Queen's Ben...

Sep 16, 2020

Canadians fighting California fires getting relief crews, but some headed to Oregon

WASHINGTON, Wash. - The Canadians helping to beat back California's wildfires are getting relief this week, but some of their replacements are headed to Oregon instead. Sixty firefighters from Q...

Sep 16, 2020