Category Archives: Canada

COVID-19 taking financial toll on Canadians with disabilities: survey
A Statistics Canada report suggests that more than half of Canadians with disabilities who participated in a crowdsourced survey are struggling to make ends meet because of the financial imp...
Aug 27, 2020

Explosion in mail-in voting expected if election held amid pandemic
OTTAWA - Elections Canada is bracing for an explosive increase in the number of Canadians who vote by mail should the country be plunged into an election during the COVID-19 pandemic. Public opin...
Aug 27, 2020

Macklem says central bankers must speak simply or risk losing public trust
OTTAWA - The head of the Bank of Canada is making an international pitch to his fellow central bankers to better connect with average citizens lest they lose public trust and face an&nb...
Aug 27, 2020

Many students in Quebec are back to school today amid COVID-19 worries
MONTREAL - There was a mixture of anxiety and regular back-to-school excitement Thursday morning as tens of thousands of Montreal-area children returned to class for...
Aug 27, 2020

Pandemic has brought Canada together, pushed Americans apart, poll suggests
WASHINGTON - Canadians believe the COVID-19 crisis has brought their country together, while Americans blame the pandemic for worsening their cultural and political divide, a new international pu...
Aug 27, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 27
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Aug. 27, 2020: There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,...
Aug 27, 2020

Champagne pushes reform in Beirut meeting with Lebanese president
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign minister pushed for Lebanon's president to pursue economic and political reforms as he expressed Canadian solidarity with the embattled Lebanese people. Foreign Affairs Minis...
Aug 27, 2020

Many students in Quebec head back to school today amid COVID-19 worries
MONTREAL - Thousands of Quebec schoolchildren are heading back to class today, putting the provincial government's controversial back-to-school plan to the test. As Montreal's French-language sch...
Aug 27, 2020

Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE's payments to Trudeau family
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling on a speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to members of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family to hand over all...
Aug 27, 2020

NBA protest, Quebec schools return and Hurricane Laura: In The News for Aug. 27
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 Aug. 27 ... What...
Aug 27, 2020