Canada

Montreal mayor wants homeless exempted from curfew in wake of Innu man's death

Montreal's mayor is calling on the provincial government to exempt homeless people from the provincewide pandemic curfew. Valerie Plante made the request today following the weekend death of Raphael "...

Jan 19, 2021

Parliamentary hearings over Zoom an ongoing headache for translators

OTTAWA - Translators say they are "riddled with auditory injuries" after nine months of interpreting parliamentarians online via fuzzy laptop mics and poor internet connections. The association repres...

Jan 19, 2021

Cancel foreign trips because travel rules could change suddenly, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says any Canadian planning an international trip should cancel it. Trudeau is warning that while Canadians have the right to travel, the government could at any ...

Jan 19, 2021

Canadian neonatal nurse fired after speaking at D.C. rally

TORONTO - A Canadian neonatal intensive care nurse who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., has been fired. London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ont., confirms its termination of K...

Jan 19, 2021

Canada calls for Ugandan opposition to be set free, no plans to cancel UN mission

OTTAWA - The federal government says it is "deeply concerned" about the political situation in Uganda, but that it has no plans to stop deploying a Canadian military aircraft to the country to help UN...

Jan 19, 2021

Trudeau vows to keep up the fight to sway U.S. on merits of Keystone XL pipeline

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will continue to fight to convince president-elect Joe Biden's administration of the merits of the Keystone XL pipeline expansion. Trudeau says K...

Jan 19, 2021

The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, Jan. 19

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:50 a.m. Prince Edward Island is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 today. Chief medical officer of health Dr. Heather Morris...

Jan 19, 2021

Quebec mother charged in death of seven-year-old girl granted bail

LAVAL, Que. - The mother of a seven-year-old girl who died this month from alleged mistreatment was granted bail on Monday. The 35-year-old woman, whose identity is protected by a publication ban, was...

Jan 19, 2021

Canadians' views on curfew and 'Schitt's Creek' nominations: In The News for Jan. 19

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. 19 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 19, 2021

Canadian fashion mogul seeking bail on U.S. charges of sex trafficking, racketeering

WINNIPEG - Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard plans to seek bail in a Winnipeg courtroom today following his arrest last month on charges in the United States of sex trafficking and racketeering. Nyg...

Jan 19, 2021