Category Archives: Canada

TORONTO - Lockdowns and other tough measures implemented to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a dramatic decline in other infectious illnesses such as influenza and sexually transmitte...

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the partial closure of the border with the United States is being extended another month, to Oct. 21. Crossings of the border have been largely restrict...

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is accusing his Liberal and Conservative counterparts of doing the bidding of big business during the pandemic. Singh takes the swipe at Prime Minister Justi...

OTTAWA - A Manitoba man accused of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an incident at Rideau Hall has had his case put off until Oct. 16. Corey Hurren is accused of ramming his truck through ...

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an Alberta gas station owner was killed in a gas-and-dash is to be sentenced today in the Court of Queen's Bench. Mitchell Robert Syd...

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 Sept. 18 ... Wha...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Sept. 18, 2020: There are 140,867 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,356 confirmed (including 5,791 deaths, 58,012 res...

A new survey finds that young people have been vaping less frequently since the COVID-19 pandemic began. The survey, conducted by the Lung Association of Nova Scotia and Smoke-Free Nova Scotia, f...

OTTAWA - Four conservative-minded premiers are to issue today their wish list for next week's throne speech on which the fate of Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government could hinge. Quebec's Fran...

EDMONTON - Some Edmontonians who got a peek inside their city's new downtown library say it's what's inside that matters. The Stanley A. Milner Library has opened its doors to the public, four years a...