Canada

Quebec to seek consensus on offering medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL - Quebec on Monday walked back a plan to offer medical aid in dying to those suffering severe, incurable mental illness and will now consult widely before making a final decision on the ...

Jan 29, 2020

Coronavirus risk in Canada remains low despite second case, feds say

TORONTO - The Canadian government is now advising citizens against all travel to a Chinese province that's at the centre of a global outbreak of a new form of coronavirus, stepping up an ear...

Jan 29, 2020

As 132 reported dead from virus outbreak, international sporting events postponed

A new form of coronavirus that began in China has infected more than 6,000 people and caused 132 deaths. Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Ottawa 250 Canadians ha...

Jan 29, 2020

Pregnant Canadian woman stuck in Wuhan, China, coronavirus epicentre

A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who ...

Jan 29, 2020

The coronavirus in Canada and Parliament resumes; In The News for Jan. 27

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 Jan. 27. What we are watching in Canada ... TO...

Jan 29, 2020

Conservative leadership campaign trail adds one more: MP Erin O'Toole

OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O'Toole officially launched his leadership campaign Monday, promising to be a uniting force for his party as it looks for new footing following last fall's federal e...

Jan 29, 2020

Trump's peace plan and Canadians quarantined in China; In The News for Jan. 29

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 Jan. 29 ... What we are wa...

Jan 29, 2020

Psychiatrist assessed Desmond as 'pleasant ... a proud father' days before killings

GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - Two days before former soldier Lionel Desmond used a rifle to fatally shoot three members of his family and then kill himself, his wife Shanna told him to leave their home in ...

Jan 29, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader meets Champagne, Trudeau as part of world tour

OTTAWA - Canada wants to "reinvigorate" the effort to bring democracy to Venezuela, Canada's top diplomat said Monday as he welcomed the country's challenger to the current leader to Ottawa to di...

Jan 29, 2020

Pressure mounts on opposition parties to back speedy ratification of new NAFTA

OTTAWA - The pressure was on opposition MPs to quickly ratify the new North American free-trade agreement as Parliament got back to work Monday for its first extended sitting since the Oct. 21 el...

Jan 29, 2020