Canada

Woman with presumed case of COVID-19 in critical condition in B.C.

VICTORIA - A woman in her 80s with a presumptive case of the novel coronavirus is in critical condition at a Vancouver hospital. Dr. Bonnie Henry, the provincial health officer, said Wednesday the wom...

Mar 06, 2020

Canadian troops on alert as novel coronavirus outbreak spreads to Iraq

OTTAWA - Canadian troops in Iraq are on high alert as the novel coronavirus spreads inside the country. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jonathan Vance said troops have been ordered to protec...

Mar 06, 2020

The politics of a potential pandemic: opposition MPs slam government secrecy

OTTAWA - Opposition critics say they have been left in the dark about the federal government's preparations for a potential outbreak of the novel coronavirus in Canada. On Wednesday morning, Prim...

Mar 06, 2020

Coronavirus may force government to ditch balanced-budget plan: Kenney

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says the novel cornonavirus outbreak is hammering Alberta's economy and may force his government to abandon its core election promise to balance the books by 2023....

Mar 06, 2020

Navy's aging warships getting harder to repair: Defence report

OTTAWA - An internal Defence Department study has found that the Royal Canadian Navy's maintenance facilities are having a harder time fixing Canada's warships because of staff shortages, lack of spar...

Mar 06, 2020

Montreal-area commuter rail service to resume after dismantling of blockade

MONTREAL - A Montreal-area commuter rail line will be up and running again this afternoon following more than three weeks of service disruption by a rail blockade on the Mohawk territory of Kahna...

Mar 06, 2020

Peter MacKay says he regrets how 'stinking albatross' comment was viewed

REGINA - Conservative leadership candidate Peter MacKay says he regrets how some people interpreted his comment that current leader Andrew Scheer's socially conservatives values were a "stinking albat...

Mar 06, 2020

Top Canadian general calls out Russia and China for 'antagonistic actions'

OTTAWA - The head of the Canadian military called out Russia and China on Wednesday for their "antagonistic actions" even as he revealed that work has begun on identifying the scope and price of upgra...

Mar 06, 2020

Advocacy group formed by families who lost loved ones in semi-truck crashes

A new non-profit group advocating road safety has been formed nearly two years after a deadly hockey bus crash in rural Saskatchewan. Safer Roads Canada was founded by families, including so...

Mar 06, 2020

Ignorance driving racism against First Nations after blockades: minister

OTTAWA - Racist taunts and threats of violence levelled at Indigenous people in the wake of national anti-pipeline protests are "horrible," the federal cabinet minister for diversity, inclusion and yo...

Mar 06, 2020