Canada

Coroner finds organizational problems in death of 24-year-old during Montreal marathon

MONTREAL - A Quebec coroner who looked into the death last year of a 24-year-old runner in a Montreal half-marathon is raising several issues with communication and organization at the ...

Jun 29, 2020

Feds reviewing COVID-19 aid to prep for potential second wave, Trudeau say

OTTAWA - The federal government's ongoing review about the good, bad and possibly ugly parts of its response to COVID-19 will feed into plans for an improved response to a potential second wave of the...

Jun 29, 2020

Ottawa granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to confor...

Jun 29, 2020

Veterans Affairs hiring more staff to tackle growing backlog of disability cases

OTTAWA - The federal government is hiring hundreds more temporary staff to tackle the growing backlog of applications from disabled veterans asking for help. The plan was unveiled today as new figures...

Jun 29, 2020

Alberta cuts business tax, boosts infrastructure spending to reboot economy

EDMONTON - Alberta is cutting business taxes and pumping $10 billion into infrastructure projects to springboard its economy out of the financial crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prem...

Jun 29, 2020

Ejection seat tangled with parachute in Snowbirds crash: Investigators

OTTAWA - A military investigation has found the ejection seat of one of its iconic Snowbirds planes tangled with the pilot's parachute as he tried to escape from the aircraft before it crashed in the ...

Jun 29, 2020

Buzzing through air and space: New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut

REGINA - A Saskatchewan scientist has named a new species of bee after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield. Cory Sheffield says he came across a unique looking female bee while cataloguing insect s...

Jun 29, 2020

New models show COVID-19 progress but with 'hotspots' to monitor: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says new federal models show continued progress in suppressing COVID-19, but with significant hotspots. He says the restrictions Canadians have lived with throug...

Tanner King Jun 29, 2020

Democracies must unite to share intel in disinformation fight, LeBlanc says

WASHINGTON - The federal minister in charge of Canada's electoral integrity says democracies around the world have a lot to teach each other about how best to combat online disinformation. N...

Jun 29, 2020

N.L. liquor corp. to change "Old Sam" logo over concerns about racist branding

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Newfoundland and Labrador Liquor Corp. says it will change the logo - but keep the name - of a locally bottled rum brand that appears to depict a laughing Black man. T...

Jun 29, 2020