Category Archives: Canada

Cooling sites shut as heat prompts concern; PM reveals grim nursing home report
TORONTO - A blanket of hot, humid air that has settled over much of south Central Canada has come at a time when anti-pandemic measures have closed many of the usual places where people might seek rel...
May 26, 2020

Trudeau co-hosts UN conference on COVID-19 amid security council bid
OTTAWA - Canada will co-host a major United Nations conference on dealing with the economic crisis spawned by the COVID-19 pandemic. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will co-host the Thursday event ...
May 26, 2020

Virtual voting for MPs needed before House can fully resume: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says ensuring members of Parliament can vote remotely is holding back a return to more normal House of Commons sittings. The Liberals are moving for a speci...
May 26, 2020

Justin Trudeau says he'll take COVID-19 antibody test once available
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says once there's a test widely available to see who has had COVID-19, he'll take it. Trudeau was exposed to the novel coronavirus earlier this year via his wife...
May 26, 2020

Heat wave forces cities to rethink how to offer heat relief under COVID-19
A heat wave engulfing large swaths of Ontario and Quebec is forcing cities such as Toronto to rethink how they offer relief in light of restrictions meant to curb the spread of the novel cor...
May 26, 2020

Canada takes global role in countering electoral interference in cyberspace
OTTAWA - Canada is taking on a leadership role against electoral interference as part of an international cybersecurity effort. Privy Council President Dominic LeBlanc says the federal government will...
May 26, 2020

Links to slavery: board votes to strip name from law faculty building
FREDERICTON - The University of New Brunswick is stripping George Duncan Ludlow's name from its law faculty building in Fredericton because of his connections to slavery and Indigenous abuse. The univ...
May 26, 2020

Military reports 36 cases of COVID-19 in members working in nursing homes
OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces say 36 members working in long-term care homes in Ontario and Quebec have now become sick with COVID-19. That's up from 28 cases of the novel coronavirus among those troop...
May 26, 2020

People feel COVID-19 truths hidden and rhino baby on hold; In The News for May 26
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 May 26 ... --- C...
May 26, 2020

Half of Canadians say governments are hiding something about COVID-19: poll
OTTAWA - According to a new poll, half of Canadians believe they're not getting the whole truth from their governments about COVID-19. Leger and the Association for Canadian Studies found 50 per cent ...
May 26, 2020