Canada

Manitoba government says budget will tackle possible coronavirus effects

WINNIPEG - It's budget day in Manitoba and the Progressive Conservative government says the new fiscal plan will take into consideration the economic effects of the novel coronavirus. Premier Brian Pa...

Mar 11, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada: - British Columbia: 39 confirmed, including 1 death - Ontario: 37 confirmed - Alberta: 14 confirmed - Quebec: 4 conf...

Greg Fry Mar 10, 2020

New coronavirus outbreak affecting Canadians' March break travel plans

TORONTO - Cindy Perry was all set for a March break trip to California with her wife and their two children, but the novel coronavirus outbreak that is sweeping the globe made her reconsider...

Mar 11, 2020

Federal measures for COVID-19 and an upside down house; In The News for March 11

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 11 ... Wha...

Mar 11, 2020

Liberal bill outlaws conversion therapy for kids, non-consenting adults

OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced legislation that would impose a blanket ban on causing a child to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orien...

Mar 11, 2020

Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada

Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term care home in North Vancouver as the federal government asked provincial and territorial leaders t...

Mar 11, 2020

Case of accused spy for Russia heads to court today

OTTAWA - Lawyers for a woman accused of espionage will try to persuade a judge today she did not spy for Russia. Elena Crenna is asking the Federal Court in Ottawa to rev...

Mar 11, 2020

Trudeau to announce funding to deal with increasing number of COVID-19 cases

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans today to announce federal funding to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian...

Mar 11, 2020

Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates

VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...

Mar 11, 2020

Quebec budget hikes spending to 'stimulate' economy amid global uncertainty

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is betting that big spending increases in the budget he tabled Tuesday will stimulate the provincial economy enough to ward off any economic damage resulting from t...

Mar 10, 2020