Canada

Two-thirds favour keeping two-metres physical distance: Leger poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests two-thirds of Canadians don't want to relax the physical distancing rules imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. And if they were relaxed, fewer than half would feel...

Jun 23, 2020

MPs on public-safety committee to consider study of systemic police racism

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee plans to meet this afternoon to consider doing a study of systemic racism in policing. New Democrat MP Jack Harris has been pressing the public-safety committee t...

Jun 23, 2020

Senate committee says Beyak has learned, recommends suspension be rescinded

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that Sen. Lynn Beyak's suspension from the upper house be lifted now that she has taken anti-racism training and apologized for posting derogator...

Jun 22, 2020

U.S. residents en route to Alaska via Canada ticketed for breaking health rules

BANFF, Alta. - American visitors attempting to use a loophole allowing them to travel through Canada on the way to Alaska ran into the long arm of the law in Banff National Park last week. The RCMP is...

Jun 22, 2020

Iran commits to handing over PS752 black boxes, start compensation talks: Ottawa

Ottawa says Iran's foreign minister has committed to sending the flight recorders from the civilian airliner it shot down in January to be analyzed in France without delay. The federal government...

Jun 22, 2020

Auditor General says she needs bigger funding boost due to pandemic demands

OTTAWA - Auditor general Karen Hogan says she is asking the government for more money because of the unprecedented demands the COVID-19 pandemic has put on her office. Hogan is putting the government ...

Jun 22, 2020

Winnipeg plant gets $100M in federal financing to pull protein from peas, canola

OTTAWA - The federal government is helping finance an innovative, new agricultural production plant in Winnipeg that turns peas and canola into protein powders for the food industry. Merit Functi...

Jun 22, 2020

Signs people will choose work over CERB in jobs data, Qualtrough says

OTTAWA - Canada's employment minister says the country's most recent job figures suggest that low-wage workers will go back to a job if one is available instead of remaining on federal aid. Carla...

Jun 22, 2020

Feds need 'to do better' on giving public access to information, Duclos says

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos acknowledges the federal government needs "to do better" at responding to formal information requests from the public. The minister's comments f...

Jun 22, 2020

Saskatchewan governments says RCMP declining to participate in Clare's Law

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government says the RCMP has declined to participate in a new measure aimed at preventing people from becoming victims of domestic violence. The province says legis...

Jun 22, 2020