Canada

Families nervous ahead of verdict in Toronto van attack trial

TORONTO - Some of the Toronto van attack victims and their families are nervously waiting to learn the fate of the man whose deadly rampage three years ago changed their lives forever.On Wednesday mor...

Mar 2, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba announces two-phased loosening of COVID-19 restrictions

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is loosening some of its COVID-19 restrictions as its case numbers continue to drop. Starting Friday, people will be allowed to have another entire household visit i...

Mar 2, 2021

Demond inquiry: psychiatrist says Desmond was eager to improve his life and marriage

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - An inquiry into a triple murder and suicide involving a former soldier heard today that Lionel Desmond wanted to be a better father and husband as he started his final phase of...

Mar 2, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:50 a.m. Nunavut is reporting one new case of COVID-19 today. The new case is in Arviat, the only place in Nunavut with active...

Mar 2, 2021

Promoting Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and too many bananas: In The News for March 2

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 March 2 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Mar 2, 2021

'Racism is a real problem:' Muslim women fearful following attacks in Edmonton

EDMONTON - Asmaa Ali says slurs about her hijab and the colour of her skin have become so frequent she doesn't report them to police anymore. Whether she's running errands or on her way to work as a n...

Mar 2, 2021

Churches continue legal fight against British Columbia's COVID-19 rules

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for a group of British Columbia churches that are challenging the province's COVID-19 rules is scheduled to resume his arguments today that the restrictions violate his clients' c...

Mar 2, 2021

International air travel a fraction of pre-pandemic times

OTTAWA - Canada's new testing and quarantine rules for international air travellers appear to have convinced even more Canadians to stay put in recent weeks. Most Canadians had been heeding the govern...

Mar 2, 2021

Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for COVID-19 needs better promotion: experts

VANCOUVER - Essential workers who are more likely to contract and transmit COVID-19 should be prioritized for immunization with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine now that a national panel is not recommen...

Mar 2, 2021

Statistics Canada to release final economic figures for 2020, January GDP estimate

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is expected to say this morning precisely how bad a year the Canadian economy suffered in 2020. Preliminary estimates from late January suggested the economy suffered its wo...

Mar 2, 2021