Canada

Food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic linked to poor mental health: StatCan

OTTAWA - A new report from Statistics Canada suggests Canadians who dealt with food insecurity during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring were more likely to perceive their mental heal...

Dec 16, 2020

Response crews to spend holiday at site of historic cargo ship fuel leak

BLIGH ISLAND - The Canadian Coast Guard says fuel leaking from a historic shipwreck in a popular marine park off the coast of Vancouver Island has been confirmed on shore and oiled at least two animal...

Dec 16, 2020

Champagne keen to partner with new Biden administration on climate, COVID-19

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says the incoming Biden administration in the United States will help stabilize the world order and give North America a good shot at beat...

Dec 16, 2020

Woman walking with kids killed by runaway cargo vehicle in Surrey: RCMP

SURREY, B.C. - Police say a woman who had been walking with two children is dead after being struck by a cargo vehicle with no driver. RCMP in Surrey, B.C., received a report on Tuesday of a crash inv...

Dec 16, 2020

Right-wing extremist activity on the rise in Atlantic Canada: UNB researchers

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Researchers at the University of New Brunswick found an alarming recent spike in right-wing extremism in Atlantic Canada, and the data indicates the activity is increasing. Right-wi...

Dec 16, 2020

'Expensive, extreme:' Environment Canada releases annual Top 10 weather stories list

It was another year of record-breaking disasters and crazy, dangerous weather from coast to coast, says Environment Canada's senior climatologist. A vicious hailstorm in Calgary wrote off more cars th...

Dec 16, 2020

NDP MP decries 'race-baiting' in Erin O'Toole Facebook video on residential schools

OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus says comments by Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole on the original mission of residential schools amount to "revisionist race-baiting." In a video posted to the...

Dec 16, 2020

Canada inks deal with U.S. to send astronaut around the moon

OTTAWA - The federal government says it has signed an agreement with the United States to send a Canadian astronaut around the moon. The planned trip in 2023 is part of a broader U.S.-led effort to es...

Dec 16, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Front-line workers named Canada's Newsmaker of the Year by editors

VANCOUVER - Shortly after COVID-19 reached Canada, the meaning of "essential work" began to crystalize as people like nurses and grocery store clerks remained on the job at great risk to themselves an...

Dec 16, 2020

Budget officer says federal wage-subsidy program may cost more this year than planned

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog estimates the Liberals will spend more this year on a wage-subsidy program than expected, but less in 2021. The Liberals estimated last month that the program w...

Dec 16, 2020