Canada

Senate extends adjournment until June 2 amid negotiations over return of MPs

OTTAWA - The Senate will not resume sitting until June 2 at the earliest. The office of the Speaker of the upper chamber says the decision was taken as part of the Senate's efforts to prevent the spre...

Apr 17, 2020

Doctors don't know when masks are coming, despite deliveries arriving in Canada

OTTAWA - Some primary-care doctors say they still have no certainty when they will get much-needed protective equipment to protect them from COVID-19 and they are starting to run critic...

Apr 17, 2020

Trudeau announces support for workers in Energy Sector

OTTAWA-In today's (April 17th) address to the media, Justin Trudeau announced help for workers in the energy sector, those in the art and sports sector, as well as more support for small businesses ac...

Apr 17, 2020

As millions of workers apply for help, mothers-to-be say they can't get CERB

OTTAWA - Nearly one month ago, Effie Pool was laid off from her job as a server when the restaurant she worked at in Burlington, Ont., closed due to COVID-19. The 35-year-old mother of one is sti...

Apr 17, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 7:10 a.m. Ontario Premier Doug Ford has introduced new emergency measures requiring retirement home workers to only work ...

Apr 17, 2020

RV owners helping essential workers self-isolate, protect their family members

The only thing Rick Siewierski finds harder than protecting himself from COVID-19 is keeping his pregnant wife safe from the virus too. The Ontario paramedic is positive he's been exposed to the ...

Apr 17, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on April 17, 2020:There are 30,106 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada._ Quebec: 15,857 confirmed (includ...

Apr 17, 2020 Photo courtesy Canadian Press

Trudeau deflects Trump and Belgian bluebells in bloom; In The News for April 17

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 17 ... COV...

Apr 17, 2020

'Can we hook him up?' Turkey on the loose in Calgary wandering in search of mate

CALGARY - Turk Diggler is looking for love, and one Calgary city councillor is wondering whether to play matchmaker. Sightings of the lone male turkey with brown and grey feathers and a red wattl...

Apr 17, 2020

Does letting kids get COVID-19 help build immunity among the wider society?

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has suggested that reopening schools and daycares could be a way to both kick-start its economy and slow the transmission of COVID-19 in the province. Quebec...

Apr 17, 2020