Canada

Allan Schoenborn case returns to B.C. Review Board for annual hearing

COQUITLAM, B.C. - The British Columbia Review Board is considering whether a psychiatric hospital director should have the discretion to allow limited, unescorted access into the community&n...

Mar 12, 2020

Bank of Canada pumps $7B, expands bond buy-backs to ease economic concerns

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada prepared to increase the cash it pumps into the financial system and Finance Minister Bill Morneau stressed the need for fiscal measures to manage the impact of COVID-19 as...

Mar 12, 2020

Integrity czar blames prison service over insubordination, harassment incidents

OTTAWA - A federal watchdog has found the federal prison service failed to ensure a safe work environment at a Quebec penitentiary. In a report released Thursday, public sector integrity commissioner ...

Mar 12, 2020

Military concerned about Chinese access to networks as Huawei decision looms

OTTAWA - Defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance says he is worried about anything that would give China easier access to the Canadian military's computer networks, but says there are ways to manage any sec...

Mar 12, 2020

Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en nation who support a disputed natural-gas pipeline in British...

Mar 12, 2020

Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines on when to cancel major events

OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada has posted guidelines aimed at helping event planners figure out whether to cancel mass gatherings of people as the federal government works to quell the po...

Mar 12, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 12, 2020: - Ontario: 59 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 46 confirmed, including ...

Mar 12, 2020

Territories prepare for coronavirus with limited health facilities

Arctic governments are bracing for the potential impact of the novel coronavirus in far-flung, isolated communities. No cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in Nunavut, the Northwest Territ...

Mar 12, 2020

Canadian, U.S. fighter jets intercept Russian aircraft off Alaskan coast

OTTAWA - U.S. and Canadian fighter jets have intercepted and escorted two Russian reconnaissance planes flying off the coast of Alaska, only days after Canada's top general described Russia as the gre...

Mar 12, 2020

Canada to continue immigration increases, Mendicino announces

OTTAWA - The federal government is continuing with slight increases to the number of immigrants Canada will accept over the next three years. Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino released the ...

Mar 12, 2020