Category Archives: Canada
New moms told go work to get EI parental benefits after jobs lost to COVID-19
OTTAWA - Alexis Adams is joyful about the arrival of her third daughter but she is also concerned about how to pay for another maternity leave that is, like her daughter, barely a week old. Adams lost...
Jun 08, 2020
Military helicopter did not respond as expected before crash: investigators
OTTAWA - Flight investigators have determined the military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece in April did not respond as the crew on board expected before going down into the Mediterrane...
Jun 08, 2020
U.S. border rules loosening to allow family reunifications: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ban on non-essential crossings of the U.S.-Canada border is being loosened slightly to allow some families to reunite. Rules still require anyone enteri...
Jun 08, 2020
Trudeau’s attendance at protest confusing in COVID-19 era, Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he can understand if Canadians are upset about the prime minister's appearance at an anti-racism rally.Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers atte...
Jun 08, 2020
Alberta First Nations appeal suspension of environmental monitoring in oilpatch
EDMONTON - Three northern Alberta First Nations want to appeal the province's decision to suspend environmental monitoring in the oilpatch. The Mikisew Cree First Nation, the Fort McKay First Nat...
Jun 08, 2020
Trudeau's attendance at protest confusing in COVID-19 era, Scheer says
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he can understand if Canadians are upset about the prime minister's appearance at an anti-racism rally. Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers att...
Jun 08, 2020
Scheer says no to calls to defund RCMP, but its needs to better on racism
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says removing funding from the RCMP because of allegations of racism and brutality won't make Canadians any safer. He says the RCMP and other police forces n...
Jun 08, 2020
Possible motivation and the street protests continue; In The News for June 8
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 June 8 ... --- W...
Jun 08, 2020
Don't fall victim to CERB fraud - RCMP
SURREY - RCMP are warning the public not to fall victim to fraud or crime during the COVID-19 pandemic.Since Ottawa launched the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), RCMP notes it's been the subj...
Jun 08, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19.Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far:Newfoundland and LabradorSta...
Jun 08, 2020