Canada

QuickSketch: A look at Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe

REGINA - A look at Scott Moe, leader of the Saskatchewan Party: Born: July 31, 1973, in Prince Albert, Sask. Early years: Raised as the oldest in a family of five on a grain farm near Shellbrook, Sask...

Oct 25, 2020

New Democrats turn minority into majority in British Columbia election

The New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election on Saturday as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVI...

Oct 25, 2020

Federal study details workers hit hardest by tax, benefit system for extra earnings

OTTAWA - Newly released documents show Finance Department officials calculated that workers near the bottom of the income ladder are dinged hardest for extra earnings than anybody else, including thos...

Oct 25, 2020

As N.L.’s oil industry sputters, the emotional toll of the cod moratorium looms large

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Dave Mercer spent the early 1990s roaming around Newfoundland and Labrador, trying to get enough hours to qualify for unemployment insurance in an economy levelled by the collapse o...

Oct 25, 2020

New Democrats turn minority into majority in British Columbia election

The New Democrats won a majority government in the British Columbia election on Saturday as voters rewarded John Horgan with a second term after he took a gamble on calling an election during the COVI...

Oct 25, 2020

O'Toole tells Alberta UCP AGM Liberals were "late and confused" on COVID response

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Alberta has responded to the COVID-19 pandemic better than the federal government. O'Toole addressed the provincial United Conservative Party's annual gener...

Oct 24, 2020

Top doctor warns that severe illness likely to rise, trailing spike in COVID-19 cases

Canada's top physician says she fears the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations and deaths may increase in the coming weeks as the second wave continues to drive the national death toll toward 10,000. C...

Oct 24, 2020

Federal representative hopes to ease tensions in Nova Scotia lobster dispute

HALIFAX - The man appointed by Ottawa to mediate the ongoing lobster fishing dispute in southwestern Nova Scotia says his priority will be de-escalating tension in the area. Allister Surette was appoi...

Oct 24, 2020

Nunavut's young people 'should be expecting more' from government services: advocate

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Basic information about young people who have used government services in Nunavut isn't being tracked because of "complacency and a lack of accountability," says the annual report f...

Oct 24, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Oct. 24, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 1:15 p.m. EDT on Oct. 24, 2020: There are 213,726 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 99,235 confirmed (including 6,132 deaths, 83,819 r...

Oct 24, 2020