Canada

Armed Forces reports 20 military suicides last year, largest number since 2014

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces has quietly revealed that 20 service members took their own lives last year, the largest number of military suicides since 2014. The increase comes despite the feder...

Apr 08, 2020

Landowners and legal experts criticize Alberta's well cleanup bill

EDMONTON - Landowners and legal experts are criticizing Alberta's hastily passed new legislation intended to help clean up the province's huge stockpile of abandoned energy facilities. The bill, which...

Apr 08, 2020

Canada-U.S. ties getting 'constant gardening' to protect supply lines: Freeland

WASHINGTON - Canada's deputy prime minister says the country's relationship with the United States is getting "constant gardening" as the federal government works to keep supply lines open despite the...

Apr 08, 2020

Alberta premier to release details on post-COVID economic recovery plan

CALGARY - Albertans are expecting to receive more details today on the government's plan to recharge the economy once COVID-19 is under control in the province. Premier Jason...

Apr 08, 2020

First troops return from Ukraine, in quarantine at Ontario military base

OTTAWA - More than 100 Canadian soldiers have returned home from Ukraine and are in quarantine at an Ontario military base for the next two weeks to ensure they do not have COVID-19. The troops arrive...

Apr 08, 2020

Wage subsidy expanded, businesses and charities eligible at 15% dip in revenue

OTTAWA- The Canadian government announced they are expanding the business wage subsidy that would help businesses keep their staff employed.Trudeau began his daily announcement by touching on the begi...

Apr 08, 2020

Toronto company expands ventilator production tenfold to meet demand

OTTAWA - One of the companies making ventilators for the federal government is expanding its production capacity more than tenfold to meet demands posed by the COVID-19 pandemic. Thornhill Medical CEO...

Apr 08, 2020

Critics alarmed by Ontario's testing shortfall

TORONTO - Ontario's overly cautious approach to COVID-19 testing is endangering lives and hindering efforts to rein in soaring infections that are ravaging long-term care facilities, filling ICU beds ...

Apr 08, 2020

'What's taking so long?' Conservatives call for faster aid for businesses

OTTAWA - Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre says relief from the federal government for small businesses suffering losses due to COVID-19 is not rolling out fast enough. He says the United S...

Apr 08, 2020

Jean Truchon, who fought to expand medically assisted death, receives procedure

MONTREAL - One of the two Quebecers who successfully fought to expand medically assisted dying has received the procedure. Jean Truchon says in a statement released posthumously that the COV...

Apr 08, 2020