Canada

RCMP tech analyst testifies about material found on N.B. shooting suspect's computer

FREDERICTON - A senior forensic analyst with the RCMP has begun testifying at the first-degree murder trial of Matthew Raymond in Fredericton. Raymond, 50, is accused in the August 2018 shooting...

Oct 05, 2020

After dairy and metals, U.S. trade hawks setting sights on foreign berries, produce

WASHINGTON, Wash. - After waging war on Canadian dairy, steel and aluminum, Donald Trump's White House is setting its sights on foreign berry farmers and vegetable growers. U.S. Trade Representa...

Oct 05, 2020

Number of new COVID-19 cases in Quebec hits highest level since pandemic began

MONTREAL - Health officials in Quebec are reporting 1,191 new COVID-19 cases today, the highest single-day total since the beginning of the pandemic. That brings the total number of confirmed cases in...

Oct 05, 2020

Greens slam other parties for refusing to show 'leader's courtesy' to Annamie Paul

OTTAWA - Former Green leader Elizabeth May slammed the New Democrats this morning for refusing stand down their candidate in a coming byelection so the first Black woman elected to lead a federal part...

Oct 05, 2020

New Brunswick First Nations filing lawsuit to seek Aboriginal title

FREDERICTON - Six First Nations in New Brunswick announced today they will be filing a lawsuit seeking title to their traditional lands in New Brunswick, which include much of the western half of the ...

Oct 05, 2020

Five-year-old Canadian orphan in Syrian camp set free, will come to Canada

OTTAWA - A five-year-old Canadian girl stuck inside Syria after her family was killed in an airstrike is being allowed to leave the country. Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne s...

Oct 05, 2020

U of A researcher shares Nobel prize for hepatitis C virus discovery

STOCKHOLM - British scientist Michael Houghton, who works at the University of Alberta, and Americans Harvey J. Alter and Charles M. Rice were awarded the Nobel Prize for Medicine or Physiology on Mon...

Oct 05, 2020

New pandemic aid and health-care workers at risk: In The News for Oct. 5

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Oct. 5. What we are watching in Canada ... The...

Oct 05, 2020

14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...

Oct 05, 2020

New institute to shine spotlight on Canada's little known history of slavery

MONTREAL - Charmaine Nelson wagers that if you asked people in cities across Canada what they know about the history of slavery in this country, most would be surprised to hear that the practice even ...

Oct 05, 2020