Canada

Local residents honk horns, wave flags to mark 30th anniversary of Oka crisis

KANESATAKE, Que. - Rolling convoys are marking the 30th anniversary of the Oka crisis today in Mohawk communities near Montreal. Thirty years ago today, on July 11, 1990, Quebec provincial police move...

Jul 11, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID 19 shutdown

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundla...

Jul 11, 2020

How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...

Jul 11, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID 19 shutdown

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundla...

Jul 11, 2020

Quebec police continue to search for missing girls, 6 and 11, and their father

SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Police are still searching for two Quebec girls and their father in a suburb of Quebec City, after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday. The search for Romy Carpentier, 6, Nora...

Jul 11, 2020

Pedestrian-only downtown a hit with residents as St. John's adapts to pandemic

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has closed its main downtown street to vehicles this summer, a popular move among residents and business owners. Hundreds of people were out on Water Street i...

Jul 11, 2020

How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...

Jul 11, 2020

With debt, deficit numbers out, experts say Liberals need plan for growth

OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals' fiscal update this week put a cost to all the emergency COVID-19 aid the federal treasury will dole out. It delivered some shocks: a gigantic deficit and a projecti...

Jul 11, 2020

RCMP 'disappointed' by talk that race a factor in quiet Rideau Hall arrest

OTTAWA - The idea that the man accused of crashing into the grounds of Rideau Hall would have been treated differently if he were dark-skinned is disheartening, the RCMP's commissioner and the head of...

Jul 10, 2020

Grocers defend pandemic pay cut decisions as independently made despite emails, calls

OTTAWA - Executives from three of Canada's largest grocery chains onFriday defended their decision to end temporary wage increases for grocery store workers during COVID-19 on the same day, even ...

Jul 10, 2020