Canada

Oilpatch advocates tell MPs help needs to be faster, easier to get

OTTAWA - Representatives from Canada's oilpatch say they don't know of a single energy company that has yet benefited from any of Ottawa's COVID-19-inspired loan programs. Several company ow...

May 28, 2020

Warrant issued for arrest of former PQ leader Boisclair on sex assault charges

MONTREAL - A warrant has been issued for the arrest of former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair on charges that he used a weapon to commit a sexual assault. The warrant signed by a Quebec co...

May 28, 2020

Families give up on province, hope for police probe of care home east of Toronto

A "disturbing" military report into conditions at a long-term care home east of Toronto has given families of loved ones who died of COVID-19 there hope that police will investigate. Some families sai...

May 28, 2020

Dysfunction in long-term care takes toll on overburdened workforce: association

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian Support Workers Association says conditions in long-term care are "breaking" the people who staff nursing and retirement, leading to worse care for the vulnerable sen...

May 28, 2020

Feds, Quebec launch talks on keeping military in long-term care facilities

Ottawa and Quebec have started talking about the future of military in long-term care homes after the province called for the Canadian Armed Forces to stay in nearly two dozen facilities unt...

May 28, 2020

Cash Exodus: COVID-19 pandemic could accelerate shift to cashless, experts say

Some businesses reopening with pandemic protocols in place have said they won't accept cash for the time being, potentially accelerating what the Bank of Canada describes as a decade-long shift a...

May 28, 2020

New Brunswick legislature adjourned as new COVID-19 cases reported in province

FREDERICTON - A new COVID-19 outbreak in New Brunswick has forced the provincial legislature to adjourn only two days after it resumed sitting. The abrupt decision came Thursday, a day after officials...

May 28, 2020

Opposition parties call on Liberals to restore human-trafficking victims fund

OTTAWA - Members of Parliament from every opposition party have joined together to call on the Liberal government to reverse its decision to allow funding to expire for programs th...

May 28, 2020

Feds offer of help on sick leave, long-term care gets mixed provincial reaction

OTTAWA - The Team Canada spirit that has prevailed among first ministers during the COVID-19 crisis will be put to the test today as Justin Trudeau broaches with premiers two topics that fal...

May 28, 2020

Easing liability rules for Twitter, Facebook could backfire on U.S.: Geist

WASHINGTON - Experts say President Donald Trump's bid to defend free expression on the Internet could end up having the opposite effect - and even put the United States offside in its new trade agreem...

May 28, 2020