Category Archives: Canada

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

O'Toole nominates campaign fundraiser to be chair of Conservative Fund
OTTAWA - The Conservative Party's fundraising arm has a new chair for the first time in two decades. Leader Erin O'Toole says he is nominating his longtime campaign fundraiser James Dodds to be c...
Sep 04, 2020

Mental health: Newfoundland loosens COVID-19 rules for 'rotational' workers
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is rolling out new COVID-19 testing rules for people who routinely work outside the province and return on a set schedule. These so-called r...
Sep 04, 2020

Canadians and close relatives in Lebanon offered help to travel to Canada
OTTAWA - Canada is waiving some immigration fees for Lebanese-Canadians and their close relatives affected by last month's explosions in Beirut if they want to come to Canada. The Immigration Departme...
Sep 04, 2020

The economy added 246-thousand jobs in August, fewer than economists had expected.
PRINCE GEORGE-A slow down in job gains with the numbers out of Stats Canada showing the economy added 246,000 jobs in August ,compared with 419,000 jobs added in July. The national unemployment rate f...
Sep 04, 2020

Canada's job market and 'Jeopardy!' returns: In The News for Sept. 4
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. 4 ... What...
Sep 04, 2020

Statistics Canada to unveil August job numbers, expected to show gains
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will report this morning how well the country's job market fared in August. After seeing a historic drop of some three million jobs over March and April at the height of the...
Sep 04, 2020

New Brunswick party leaders back on campaign trail after first debate
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick's party leaders are back on the election campaign trail today following last night's first debate. They will concentrate their efforts in the Fredericton and Moncton areas....
Sep 04, 2020