Canada

Local restaurants feel squeezed by delivery apps' commission fees

VANCOUVER - Restaurants struggling to survive during the COVID-19 crisis have turned to take-out and delivery, but the fees charged by food-delivery companies are eating away their bottom line, s...

Apr 28, 2020

Plans underway for so-called salmon cannon to aid return at B.C. landslide: DFO

VANCOUVER - Officials with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans say plans are underway for a pneumatic fish pump, also known as the salmon cannon, to help fish migrate past a&nbs...

Apr 27, 2020

Learning to live with COVID-19 requires permanent fixes to vulnerable settings

OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says stopping COVID-19 and any future outbreaks will require not only a permanent increase to how often we wash our hands, but a rethinking of how we...

Apr 27, 2020

Farmers markets looking for ways to stay afloat during the pandemic

Canada's farmers markets, traditionally reliant on bustling crowds paying cash for locally produced food, seem particularly ill-suited to the age of physical distancing. But those in the ind...

Apr 27, 2020

COVID-19 spreads in homeless shelter, WHO seeks funds; In The News for April 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 April 25 ... ---...

Apr 27, 2020

Hayley Wickenheiser and Ryan Reynolds hear N.S. rampage widower's plea for PPE

Two famous Canadians have heard a man's plea to protect Nova Scotian health-care workers like his wife who was killed in a murderous rampage. Hockey player Hayley Wickenheiser tweeted Friday that...

Apr 27, 2020

Volunteers use 3D printers to make personal protective equipment during pandemic

TORONTO - Groups of volunteers across Canada are using 3D printers to produce personal protective equipment and other essential supplies at a breakneck speed - an effort some say could have a lasting ...

Apr 27, 2020

N.S. mass murder shows the public threat of domestic violence, say experts

Before blazing a trail of carnage across Nova Scotia, the man behind one of Canada's worst mass killings attacked his longtime girlfriend - a story domestic violence experts say is eerily familiar. Po...

Apr 27, 2020

Mixed messages as Ontario, Quebec prepare to unveil tentative plans to reopen

OTTAWA - Residents of Canada's two largest provinces are expected to learn this week what the path to a new normal might look like when the governments of Ontario and Quebec unveil their ini...

Apr 27, 2020

Conservatives eager to push Liberals on COVID-19 response as Commons resumes

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is set to reconvene Tuesday in virtual form with opposition MPs eager to press the minority Liberal government on its COVID-19 response. Conservative Leader Andrew S...

Apr 27, 2020