Canada

'Not a conservation concern': N.S. Mi'kmaq won't deplete lobster stock, says expert

HALIFAX - An Indigenous-run lobster fishery off the coast of southwestern Nova Scotia isn't the big environmental threat that it's being made out to be, according to a fisheries expert. The ...

Sep 25, 2020

Bamboo supplies dwindling: Calgary Zoo hopeful pandas will be China-bound soon

CALGARY - The Calgary Zoo says it's hopeful two giant pandas will be able to return home soon to China, where bamboo supplies are abundant. The zoo said in May that it would be sending the pair...

Sep 25, 2020

Feds pledge $440 million to join international vaccine program

OTTAWA - Canada will spend $440 million to join an international program which is trying ensure COVID-19 vaccines aren't just hoarded by rich countries, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday.But C...

Sep 25, 2020

Tories ask for House of Commons to sit Sunday to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives say they want the House of Commons to sit this weekend to debate new COVID-19 aid legislation. Opposition House leader Gerard Deltell says the provisions in the bill...

Sep 25, 2020

NewsAlert: Mistrial in N.L. cop's sex assault trial

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A mistrial has been declared in the sexual assault trial of a Newfoundland and Labrador police officer. Const. Carl Douglas Snelgrove of the Royal Newfoundland Constabulary was faci...

Sep 25, 2020

Criminal case against federal MP adjourned until end of October

OTTAWA - Federal MP Marwan Tabbara's criminal case is now adjourned until the end of October. The 36-year-old MP from Kitchener was arrested April 10 and charged with two counts of assault, as well as...

Sep 25, 2020

Sentencing arguments begin for off-duty cop who assaulted Dafonte Miller

OSHAWA, Ont. - Sentencing arguments are expected to begin today in the case of an off-duty Toronto police officer convicted of assault in the beating of a young Black man. Const. Michael Theriaul...

Sep 25, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 25

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Sept. 25, 2020: There are 149,094 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 69,670 confirmed (including 5,810 deaths, 59,943 res...

Sep 25, 2020

COVID-19 briefings and detention camps in China: In The News for Sept. 25

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 Sept. 25 ... Wha...

Sep 25, 2020

Tory leader O'Toole says he won't bar MPs from using private COVID-19 testing site

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he's urging his MPs to be hypervigilant amid concerns they could bring COVID-19 back to their ridings from Ottawa. But he says he won't bar them from usi...

Sep 25, 2020