Canada

Canada must expose hidden company owners to end 'snow washing,' inquiry hears

VANCOUVER - Canada must urgently create public registries that reveal the true owners of corporations in order to shed its international reputation as a destination for laundering the proceeds of...

Feb 28, 2020

Assisted dying bill gets mixed reviews, raises fears of more restrictions

OTTAWA - Some experts fear that legislation intended to make it easier for intolerably suffering Canadians to receive medical assistance to end their lives might actually make it harder in some cases ...

Feb 28, 2020

Decade-long health care battle draws to a close today in British Columbia

VANCOUVER - A constitutional challenge by a doctor who argues patients should have the right to pay for private care if the public system leaves them waiting too long is expec...

Feb 28, 2020

Timeline of COVID-19 cases in Canada

Public health officials say 14 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus have been diagnosed in Canada so far, with seven cases reported in Ontario and seven in British Columbi...

Feb 28, 2020

Ontario confirms seventh coronavirus case; man had travelled to Iran

TORONTO - Ontario now has seven confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus, with the three most recent patients all having recently travelled to Iran. The outbreak of the virus known as COVID-19 began i...

Feb 28, 2020

Suspect charged with first-degree murder in death of 13-year-old Quebec girl

ST-JEROME, Que. - A 51-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the violent death of a teenage girl who was found by the side of a road in Quebec's ...

Feb 28, 2020

The latest on protests across Canada in support of Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs

Here is the latest news on protests across Canada over a natural gas pipeline project in British Columbia (All times Eastern): 12:30 p.m. ET The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake is proposing that it...

Feb 28, 2020

B.C. couple in South Korea say country is paralyzed by fear of new coronavirus

Courtney McCann was used to giving lectures in her classroom, not receiving them at her local convenience store. But the sight of her ill-fitting mask turned the tables as she was browsing the near-de...

Feb 28, 2020

New Brunswick maintains position on abortions and Canada Health Act

FREDERICTON - The New Brunswick government is standing firm in its position that it is not violating the Canada Health Act by refusing to fund out-of-hospital abortions. "We are working with the feder...

Feb 28, 2020

Kenney warns cancelled energy projects stand in the way of Indigenous prosperity

CALGARY - A $1-billion fund established last year to support Indigenous participation in major projects won't have any projects to back if the circumstances that led to the cancelling of the Frontier ...

Feb 28, 2020