Category Archives: Canada

Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case
TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...
Jan 27, 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 27, 2020

Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay announces Tory leadership bid
STELLARTON, N.S. - After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before...
Jan 27, 2020

NAFTA, gun bill Liberal priorities as House of Commons gets back to work
OTTAWA - The work begins in earnest today for the Liberal minority government as the House of Commons opens for business after a lengthy winter break. The first piece of major legislat...
Jan 27, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader to meet Trudeau as part of international tour
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down today with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido. The head of the South American nation's congress is on an international tour to bolster support for...
Jan 27, 2020

Quebec Court of Appeal to hear Alexandre Bissonnette appeals on Monday
MONTREAL - Nearly three years after the massacre that claimed six lives at the Quebec City mosque, the length of the sentence imposed on the man convicted of the crimes will be debated in the pro...
Jan 26, 2020

China, other 'autocrats' no fans of Canada's UN Security Council bid: expert
OTTAWA - The ill will of autocratic countries like China, and some worthy head-on competitors, should compel the Trudeau government to campaign harder for a seat on the United Nations S...
Jan 26, 2020

Get coronavirus information from credible sources: public health officials
TORONTO - Even before Canada's first coronavirus case was announced in Toronto over the weekend, Canada's medical community was on alert - and not just for the disease. Public health officials sa...
Jan 26, 2020

Canadian Lunar New Year celebrations dampened by coronavirus worries
VANCOUVER - Lunar New Year celebrations are set to get underway in Vancouver's Chinatown late Sunday morning, while at least one other event in the Lower Mainland has been cancelled over fears of coro...
Jan 26, 2020
Coronavirus patient showed mild symptoms on flight
OTTAWA - The first Canadian patient diagnosed with a novel form of coronavirus began showing signs of illness on the plane that brought him back from the disease's epicentre., Canada's Chief Public He...
Jan 26, 2020