Canada

Nova Scotia woman fails to win stay as husband seeks medically assisted death

HALIFAX - An appeal court judge in Nova Scotia has rejected a woman's bid to stop her husband from receiving a medically assisted death, pending an appeal. The woman was seeking a stay ...

Sep 04, 2020

Two passengers fined $1,000 each after refusing to wear masks on WestJet flights

Two airline passengers each face fines of $1,000 for refusing to wear face masks on board a flight, the first time Transport Canada has imposed a financial penalty for violating rules meant to prevent...

Sep 04, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 4

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:09 p.m. EDT on Sept. 4, 2020: There are 130,834 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,117 confirmed (including 5,767 deaths, 55,724 r...

Sep 04, 2020

Ex-Canadian Forces reservist charged in 'race war' case back in court Jan. 12

WASHINGTON - The lawyer for accused neo-Nazi Patrik Mathews will be back in court Jan. 12 to try to convince a Maryland judge to drop weapons charges against the former Canadian Forces reservist. In a...

Sep 04, 2020

Russia denial of Navalny poisoning taken with grain of salt: Champagne

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada and its G7 allies are taking Russia's denials of the poisoning of Alexei Navalny with a "grain of salt." Champagne tells The C...

Sep 04, 2020

Canada not on pace to meet target to cut methane emissions by 2025

OTTAWA - Environmental advocates say Canada's new methane regulations are going to leave the country well shy of its stated goal to cut emissions of the gas nearly in half in the next five years. Prim...

Sep 04, 2020

Canadian leg of Yukon Quest dog-sled race is cancelled due to pandemic

WHITEHORSE - The Canadian side of the Yukon Quest dog-sled race has been cancelled for 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Yukon Quest says the annual 1,600-kilometre race had already bee...

Sep 04, 2020

Lawyer starts job as first Indigenous president of Canadian Bar Association

WINNIPEG - Brad Regehr is a bit surprised to see the attention he's getting over his new job. The Manitoba lawyer and member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan is the first ...

Sep 04, 2020

Colder weather and holidays bring new COVID-19 concerns, Tam warns

OTTAWA - Dr. Theresa Tam says the fall will bring new risks in the COVID-19 pandemic along with its colder weather and holidays that usually bring families together. Canada's chief public he...

Sep 04, 2020

First wave of funding doled out to help food processors with COVID-19 upgrades

The federal government has started providing cash for food processors across the country to help them deal with COVID-19. A $77.5-million emergency fund was announced by Prime Minister&...

Sep 04, 2020