Canada

Mass coronavirus quarantines seen in China won't happen in Canada: authorities

TORONTO - Canadians have no need to worry about the prospect of mass quarantines, even in the likely event the coronavirus is discovered here, public health authorities said on Friday. They said scary...

Jan 26, 2020

First Canadian case of new coronavirus detected in Toronto

TORONTO - Health officials in Ontario have confirmed the first presumptive positive case of the new coronavirus in Canada. Dr. Barbara Yaffe, the province's associate chief medical officer o...

Jan 25, 2020

Canadian Forces sending plane and crew to help fight Australia's fires

OTTAWA - Canada is sending a military transport plane and about 15 personnel to help fight bushfires in Australia. The Canadian Forces say the CC-17 Globemaster is leaving Monday. The plane and crew a...

Jan 25, 2020

Poilievre ends bid for Tory leadership over desire to spend time with daughter

OTTAWA - Conservative MP Pierre Poilievre is bowing out of his party's leadership race, aborting his campaign before it really begins. Poilievre said in a Thursday-afternoon stream of tweets he i...

Jan 25, 2020

Barriers exist for women to get into Conservative race: Marilyn Gladu

OTTAWA - Tight timelines for membership sign-ups and a high entry fee could be keeping women out of the Conservative leadership race, says Marilyn Gladu, an Ontario MP who is the only woman seeking th...

Jan 25, 2020

China, Russia under pressure from Myanmar Rohingya genocide ruling: Bob Rae

OTTAWA - China and Russia face pressure to prevent genocide in Myanmar after Thursday's decision by an international court called on the South Asian country to stop the killing, says Canada'...

Jan 25, 2020

Canadian experts returning home after probing Tehran plane crash, TSB says

OTTAWA - The Transportation Safety Board said Thursday Canadian investigators will be on hand "wherever and whenever" Iran finally downloads the information contained on the black boxes ...

Jan 25, 2020

Quebec to consult on expanding medical aid in dying to mentally ill

MONTREAL - The Quebec government will hold at least one day of public consultations on the possibility of expanding access to medical aid in dying to people suffering from severe mental illness, Healt...

Jan 25, 2020

Transportation board approves Uber, Lyft ride-hail services in Lower Mainland

VICTORIA - Vancouver is poised to join most major cities in Canada in offering ride-hailing services with the long-awaited approval Thursday of licences for companies Uber and Lyft to operat...

Jan 25, 2020

'My heart is going to bleed,' says man who lost daughter, granddaughter in plane crash

TORONTO - Habib Haghjoo's girls are returning home. The bodies of Sahar Haghjoo, 37, and her eight-year-old daughter, Elsa Jadidi, will land in Toronto on Saturday, Haghjoo said of his daugh...

Jan 25, 2020