Canada

Ninety Canadian troops to leave for Ukraine as military looks to resume mission

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is deploying military trainers back to Ukraine as it looks to restart some of the many missions and exercises temporarily suspended or scaled back because ...

Jun 14, 2020

Court tells hospice society that refuses to allow assisted death to stop meeting

DELTA, B.C. - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has cancelled a pivotal meeting on Monday for a hospice society in Delta, B.C., that won't allow medical assistance in dying. One of thre...

Jun 14, 2020

Chief of N.B. First Nation asks community not to speak to media about shooting

MIRAMICHI, N.B. - The chief of a New Brunswick First Nation has asked members of his community to refrain from speaking to the media about a police shooting Friday that claimed the...

Jun 14, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:34 a.m. on June 14, 2020: There are 98,733 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 53,952 confirmed (incl...

Jun 14, 2020

Migrant workers hold virtual rally seeking full immigration status

TORONTO - A group supporting migrant workers held a virtual rally Sunday that called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to immediately extend full immigration status for all non-permanent residents. The...

Jun 14, 2020

Demonstration marks one year since adoption of Quebec's secularism law

MONTREAL - A demonstration is being held to in Montreal to mark the first anniversary of the passing of Quebec's controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21. Those opposed to the legislation gather...

Jun 14, 2020

Erin O'Toole used American call centre to contact Conservative voters

OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole, running for the leadership of the federal Conservative party promising to stand up for Canadian workers, used American ones on his campaign. A U.S. call centre was hired in...

Jun 14, 2020

Some Montreal bar owners planning to reopen in defiance of provincial stance

MONTREAL - This is usually one of Ziggy Eichenbaum's biggest-earning weekends of the year, when his pub is packed with tourists and partiers soaking up the atmosphere surrounding the Montrea...

Jun 14, 2020

Liberals look at buying distressed buildings to save stock of affordable housing

soOTTAWA - A new analysis of the country's stock of affordable housing suggests the Liberals' decade-long strategy to provide more of it is starting in a deeper hole than previously thought, and may b...

Jun 14, 2020

Quebec provincial police make arrest after manhunt in Stanstead, near Quebec-U.S. border

Quebec provincial police say a manhunt for an armed suspect in Stanstead, Que., ended with an arrest late Saturday. Just before 11 p.m., provincial police said officers intercepted a 42-year...

Jun 13, 2020