Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for July 31

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on July 31, 2020: There are 115,799 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 59,131 confirmed (including 5,673 deaths, 50,886 resolved...

Jul 31, 2020

Expansion of Alberta coal mine will need federal review: environment minister

OTTAWA - The federal environment minister is backtracking on a previous decision to keep Ottawa out of the approval process for a major coal mine expansion in Alberta. The existing Vista mine, which i...

Jul 30, 2020

Mass killer had hiding spaces for guns, but drug smuggling not verified: RCMP

HALIFAX - RCMP investigators confirmed Thursday that the gunman who went on a rampage in Nova Scotia in April had hidden compartments in buildings and had converted personal assets into ...

Jul 30, 2020

Ottawa initially refused to hold joint inquiry into mass killing: N.S. minister

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says he privately pushed Ottawa for a full federal-provincial public inquiry into the April mass shooting but federal officials initially r...

Jul 30, 2020

Companies highlight jobs, economic spinoffs as fighter-jet competition closes

OTTAWA - Fighter-jet makers are leading with promises of jobs and other economic spinoffs as they make their final pitches for why Canada should buy their planes to replace the military's aging CF-18 ...

Jul 30, 2020

NewsAlert: Manitoba says schools will resume classroom learning in September

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says most students are to be back in classrooms on Sept. 8, but there will be new guidelines to reduce the risk of spreading COVID-19. All students from kinderg...

Jul 30, 2020

A look at how provinces are planning for start of school year during pandemic

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 ...

Jul 30, 2020

Ottawa imposes stricter rules for Americans travelling through Canada to Alaska

OTTAWA - The federal government is tightening the rules for non-essential American travellers passing through Canada en route to Alaska, in order to reduce the time spent in the country during th...

Jul 30, 2020

Judge grants bail to Calgary man facing terrorism charges

CALGARY - A judge has granted bail to a Calgary man facing four terrorism charges. The charges against Hussein Sobhe Borhot include participation in activity of a terrorism group and commiss...

Jul 30, 2020

Four major airports begin screening passengers for elevated temperatures

Four major Canadian airports will begin taking passengers' temperatures starting today as part of the effort to curb the spread of COVID-19. The federal government says temperature screening...

Jul 30, 2020