Canada

Fire aboard shrimp trawler off Newfoundland started in sauna: investigation report

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Transportation Safety Board says a fire in January aboard a large factory-freezer trawler started in the ship's sauna as the vessel was catching and processing shrimp off the co...

Nov 12, 2020

Federal government expected to announce help for Canadians in Hong Kong today

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to announce long-awaited plans today to help Canadians living in Hong Kong amid the Chinese clampdown on democracy in the territory. Immigration Minister Ma...

Nov 12, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Ontario has again reached a daily record for new COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 1,575 new cases in its daily ...

Nov 12, 2020

RCMP surveillance, searches breached anti-fracking protesters' rights, watchdog says

OTTAWA - The RCMP watchdog has uncovered shortcomings with the national force's crowd-control measures, physical searches and collection of social media information while policing anti-fracking protes...

Nov 12, 2020

Clinicians worry pandemic is worsening youth mental health

VANCOUVER - British Columbia's children's representative says the COVID-19 pandemic has amplified inadequacies in mental health services as experts brace for rising rates of anxiety, depression and po...

Nov 12, 2020

xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx : In The News for Nov. 12

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 Nov. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 12, 2020

Alek Minassian's murder trial for carrying out Toronto van attack resumes

TORONTO - The trial for the man who killed 10 people and hurt 16 others in a van attack in Toronto resumes today.Alek Minassian has pleaded not guilty and has raised a defence of being not criminally ...

Nov 12, 2020

COVID faceoff: Manitoba hunkering down for second time to fight spread of virus

WINNIPEG - Today is the day Manitoba goes into a self-imposed economic and social hibernation to try to bring surging COVID-19 numbers back under control. The province has been struggling to slow the ...

Nov 12, 2020

Senators set to question Freeland on bill to provide new rent relief, business aid

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will face questions today from senators scrutinizing the government's latest bid to provide pandemic aid to hard-hit businesses. Freeland is scheduled to te...

Nov 12, 2020

Full details of van attack recounted at start of Minassian trial this week

TORONTO - The final resting spot. That was the phrase a prosecutor used over and over this week to describe the bloodied sidewalks, streets and squares where the lives of several pedestrians end...

Nov 11, 2020