Canada

Pandemic response must uphold human rights, avoid discrimination: B.C. commissioner

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's human rights commissioner is urging policy-makers, employers, landlords and service providers to keep human rights principles at the core of their response to the C...

Mar 26, 2020

Supreme Court to revisit Ontario's decision to cut the size of Toronto council

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will look at the legality of Ontario's decision to slash the size of Toronto's city council. Two years ago, Ontario Premier Doug Ford passed legislation midway thr...

Mar 26, 2020

Trudeau to make acting ambassador Kirsten Hillman permanent envoy to U.S.

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promoting a veteran of the international-trade trenches to be Canada's first permanent female envoy to the United States - just as a raging international ...

Mar 26, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 5:10 a.m. The City of Pitt Meadows, B.C., is asking for tax deferrals and financial supports from the province. Ma...

Mar 26, 2020

Prince Charles tests positive and a pandemic message ; In The News for March 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 March 26 ... COV...

Mar 26, 2020

Trudeau, G20 leaders to confer on international response to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will confer today with leaders of the world's biggest economies about the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. He'll be taking part in an video conference wit...

Mar 26, 2020

Agriculture sector scrambling to offset consequences of COVID-19 crisis

CALGARY - Canada's agriculture sector is warning of higher prices and potential food shortages if it it isn't designated an essential service and allowed to do business as usual during the COVID-...

Mar 26, 2020

What you need to know about the Quarantine Act as isolation becomes mandatory for returning travellers

Canada is making unprecedented use of the federal Quarantine Act in a bid to curb the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. The order, which went into effect early Wednesday, hours before it was announced,...

Mar 25, 2020

With a crash and a bang, B.C. residents applaud health-care workers

VANCOUVER - At the same time each night, Rev. Gary Paterson and about half a dozen other neighbours have begun gathering at least two metres apart on the rooftop patio of their building in Vancouver's...

Mar 25, 2020

CBC says it's working to restore the local TV news it shelved last week

TORONTO - The CBC says it's gradually restoring the local supper-hour TV news it recently shelved. Last week, the public broadcaster drew criticism when it announced it was temporarily scrap...

Mar 25, 2020