Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 4

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:09 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4, 2020: There are 130,834 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 r...

Sep 04, 2020

Ex-Canadian Forces reservist charged in 'race war' case back in court Jan. 12

WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews will be back in court Jan. 12 to try to convince a Maryland judge to drop weapons charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist. In a...

Sep 04, 2020

Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 allies are taking Russia's denials of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a "grain of salt." Champagne tells The C...

Sep 04, 2020

Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race is cancelled due to pandemic

WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...

Sep 04, 2020

Lawyer starts job as first Indigenous president of Canadian Bar Association

WINNIPEG - Brad Regehr is a bit surprised to see the attention he's getting over his new job. The Manitoba lawyer and member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan is the first ...

Sep 04, 2020

Colder weather and holidays bring new COVID-19 concerns, Tam warns

OTTAWA - Dr. Theresa Tam says the fall will bring new risks in the COVID-19 pandemic along with its colder weather and holidays that usually bring families together. Canada's chief public he...

Sep 04, 2020

First wave of funding doled out to help food processors with COVID-19 upgrades

The federal government has started providing cash for food processors across the country to help them deal with COVID-19. A $77.5-million emergency fund was announced by Prime Minister&...

Sep 04, 2020

60 firefighters from Quebec in California to help battle wildfires

WASHINGTON - Sixty firefighters from Quebec have arrived in California to help battle the wildfires ravaging the state, Canada's answer to Gov. Gavin Newsom's plea for international help with the...

Sep 04, 2020

Transport Canada issues first fines to air passengers who refused to wear masks

OTTAWA - Federal transport officials have issued the first fines to air passengers who refused to wear face masks on Canadian flights, in violation of a government order to help prevent the ...

Sep 04, 2020

Five people found dead after shooting in home east of Toronto, police say

OSHAWA, Ont. - Five people were found dead and one woman was sent to hospital after an early-morning shooting in a suburban home east of Toronto, police said Friday as investigators com...

Sep 04, 2020