Canada

Trudeau defends WE deal, despite battered charity's plan to close in Canada

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau isn't second-guessing his government's choice of WE Charity to administer a student service grant - a move that sparked controversy and ultimately prompted ...

Sep 11, 2020

Norad leaders past, present call for new approach to North American defence

WASHINGTON - The deputy director of operations and the former commander of North America's shared continental defence system are urging Canada and the United States to get serious about bringing ...

Sep 11, 2020

PM agrees to virtual meeting devoted to federal health transfers to provinces

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has agreed to hold a virtual first ministers meeting on federal health care transfers to the provinces and territories. His agreement during a conference call wi...

Sep 11, 2020

Victims of ex-senator Don Meredith deserve better than ongoing delays: lawyer

OTTAWA - A lawyer for some of the victims of ex-senator Don Meredith says someone in the upper chamber needs to show courage and bring an end to seven years of deliberations over how to address the ha...

Sep 11, 2020

Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal charged with fraud and breach of trust by RCMP

OTTAWA - The RCMP say they've charged former Liberal MP Raj Grewal with fraud and breach of trust. They allege the former MP for Brampton East took millions of dollars in personal loans without tellin...

Sep 11, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 11

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:05 a.m. EDT on Sept. 11, 2020: There are 135,136 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 64,244 confirmed (including 5,773 deaths, 56,624...

Greg Fry Sep 11, 2020

Health experts criticize Canada vaccine deals, call for international funding

OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian heath and policy experts say the federal government has succumbed to "vaccine nationalism" because it has pre-purchased tens of millions of vaccine doses from private c...

Sep 11, 2020

Energy sector looking for aid and regulation delays as throne speech looms

OTTAWA - Canada's fossil-fuel sector is looking to this month's throne speech for signs the federal government is not throwing in the towel on oil and gas. At the same time Canadian climate strikers a...

Sep 11, 2020

New Brunswick party leaders begin their final push ahead of Monday's election

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's political leaders are in the final stretch heading into Monday's provincial election. Today, Progressive Conservative Party Leader Blaine Higgs makes an announcement in F...

Sep 11, 2020

Raptors Game 7 and deadly U.S. wildfires: In The News for Sept. 11

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. 11 ... Wha...

Sep 11, 2020