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Quarantine on cruise ship in Japan comes under question
TOKYO - An extraordinary two-week quarantine of the Diamond Princess cruise ship ends Wednesday, with thousands of passengers and crew set to disembark over the next several days in the port of Yokoha...
Feb 18, 2020
Via to partly resume service between Quebec City and Ottawa starting Thursday
MONTREAL - Via Rail says partial service is set to resume between Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa beginning Thursday. Almost all other Via Rail services remain cancelled with the exception of Sudbury...
Feb 18, 2020
Lewis Capaldi, Dave among front-runners for UK's Brit Awards
LONDON - Singer-songwriter Lewis Capaldi and rapper Dave lead the nominations for the U.K. music industry's Brit Awards, which faced criticism for the lack of female artists nominated for the high-pro...
Feb 18, 2020
Nurses' unions warn national standards for coronavirus protection too low
OTTAWA - The Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions is warning that the federal public health agency's guidelines to protect front-line health-care workers from outbreaks of diseases like the novel...
Feb 18, 2020
UN chief: New virus outbreak is 'a very dangerous situation'
LAHORE, Pakistan - The U.N. secretary general has told The Associated Press that the virus outbreak that began in China "is not out of control but it is a very dangerous situation." Antonio Guterres s...
Feb 18, 2020
Japan says 88 more virus cases confirmed on quarantined ship
TOKYO - Japanese health authorities said Tuesday they have confirmed 88 more cases of the new virus on a quarantined cruise ship near Tokyo. The new cases bring the total on the Diamond Princess to 54...
Feb 18, 2020
House of Commons returns and China's 'War on Terror'; In The News for Feb. 18
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 Feb. 18. What we are watching in Canada ... Pr...
Feb 18, 2020
Health minister to visit quarantine zone at CFB Trenton
OTTAWA - With more Canadians expected to arrive home and be quarantined over fears of the novel coronavirus, Health Minister Patty Hajdu is visiting the military base where several hundred people are ...
Feb 18, 2020
AFN national chief to speak on Wet'suwet'en crisis, rail blockades
OTTAWA - The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations is addressing this morning the tensions over a British Columbia pipeline project and the nationwide protests it's spawned. Chief Perry...
Feb 18, 2020
Boy Scouts file for bankruptcy due to sex-abuse lawsuits
Barraged by hundreds of sex-abuse lawsuits, the Boy Scouts of America filed for bankruptcy protection Tuesday in hopes of working out a potentially mammoth victim compensation plan that will allow the...
Feb 17, 2020