Category Archives: Canada

Canadians can now download new COVID-19 exposure-alert smartphone app
OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he downloaded ...
Jul 31, 2020

Rescue groups and fisheries officials race to save entangled humpback whales
VANCOUVER - Marine mammal rescue groups and federal fisheries officials are working against time in waters off the coast of British Columbia to save three humpback whales entangled in fishing gea...
Jul 31, 2020

Canadians can now download new COVID-19 exposure-alert smartphone app
OTTAWA - Canadians can now begin downloading a voluntary smartphone app meant to warn users they've been near someone who tests positive for COVID-19. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said he downloaded ...
Jul 31, 2020

Top court orders parts of N.S. cabinet docs to be disclosed in judges-salary case
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled the vast majority of confidential cabinet documents in two provinces should remain secret, in cases dealing with how judges are paid. The decis...
Jul 31, 2020

Salmonella cases in Western and Central Canada linked to U.S.-grown red onions
OTTAWA - Health authorities are warning consumers in Central and Western Canada to avoid eating red onions imported from the U.S. that have been linked to a salmonella outbreak. The Public Health Agen...
Jul 31, 2020

Bail hearing delayed again for man accused in Rideau Hall gate-ramming
OTTAWA - The man accused of ramming through a gate at Rideau Hall while heavily armed is staying in an Ontario jail for another three weeks. Corey Hurren was arrested July 2 and has not yet had a bail...
Jul 31, 2020

WE fallout and 260 Chinese boats fish near Galapagos; In The News for July 31
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 July 31 ... What...
Jul 31, 2020

Statistics Canada set to release May GDP reading
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada will say this morning how the economy fared in May and provide its preliminary estimate for June to give a picture of the first half of a year marked by the COVID-19 pandemi...
Jul 31, 2020

Former Edmonton nightclub employee found guilty of sex assaults to be sentenced
EDMONTON - A former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexually assaulting five women is expected to be sentenced today. Matthew McKnight, who is 33, was accused of sexually assaulting 13 women ...
Jul 31, 2020

WE fallout expected to continue as MPs seek more info, witnesses
OTTAWA - The WE controversy that has been dogging the Liberals is expected to continue to follow Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his government after Trudeau's appearance before a House of Commons c...
Jul 31, 2020