Category Archives: Canada
Five things to know about the Conservative party leadership race, ending Sunday
OTTAWA - The federal Conservative party will announce the winner of its leadership contest on Aug. 23. Nearly 269,500 people are eligible to vote for the new leader, which is roughly 10,000 ...
Aug 17, 2020
Next Conservative party leader best not take Alberta for granted: MPs
OTTAWA - Conservative MP Michelle Rempel Garner is warning whomever her party elects as their new leader this weekend needs to be prepared with robust policy for the West. Rempel Garner, an Alberta MP...
Aug 17, 2020
Police called when B.C. little league finds it bank accounts emptied of $230,000
COQUITLAM, B.C. - A little league baseball club in Metro Vancouver says it has contacted RCMP after discovering hundreds of thousands of dollars missing from its accounts. A statement posted by the pr...
Aug 17, 2020
NewsAlert: New Brunswick election called for Sept. 14
FREDERICTON - Premier Blaine Higgs has called an election in New Brunswick for Sept. 14. It will be the first province to go to the polls since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. Higgs threatened la...
Aug 17, 2020
Lawsuit to challenge Quebec back-to-school plan requiring in-person attendance
MONTREAL - A lawyer representing a group of Quebec parents says he's moving forward with a legal challenge aimed at forcing the province to offer remote learning for ...
Aug 17, 2020
CRA expects online services back Wednesday following cyberbreaches
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency expects online services to be fully restored by Wednesday after hackers used thousands of stolen usernames and passwords to fraudulently obtain government servi...
Aug 17, 2020
$16.5M settlement in class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at 2010 G20 summit
TORONTO - A $16.5 million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit over mass arrests at the 2010 G20 summit. The agreement comes after 10 years of court proceedings and negotiat...
Aug 17, 2020
Two of Canadian fashion mogul's sons file lawsuit alleging rape
NEW YORK - Two sons of a Canadian fashion mogul have filed a lawsuit against their father saying they were statutorily raped at his direction when they were teenagers. The lawsuit, filed in ...
Aug 17, 2020
From masks to cohorting, a guide to back-to-school rules across the country
Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said ...
Aug 17, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 17
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on Aug. 17, 2020: There are 122,087 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,151 confirmed (including 5,720 deaths, 53,847 resol...
Aug 17, 2020