Canada

Bank of Canada survey says business hiring plans remain muted due to pandemic

OTTAWA - Companies that have laid off workers are telling the Bank of Canada they plan to refill some positions over the next year, but many hiring plans remain muted over COVID-19-related uncertainty...

Jul 06, 2020

Trudeau takes a pass on meeting this week with Trump, Lopez Obrador

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is taking a pass on a meeting this week with U.S. President Donald Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. Trudeau's office says he wishes the t...

Jul 06, 2020

Rae named new Canadian ambassador to the United Nations

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is naming Bob Rae as Canada's new ambassador to the United Nations. He announced the appointment this morning. It's the latest appointment for the form...

Jul 06, 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: Newfo...

Jul 06, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, July 6

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on July 6, 2020: There are 105,536 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,863 confirmed (including 5,574 deaths, 25,346 res...

Jul 06, 2020

A sad anniversary and the COVID-19 fiscal snapshot; In The News for July 6

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 July 6. What we are watching in Canada ... LAC...

Jul 06, 2020

Lac-Megantic to mark seventh anniversary of 2013 rail disaster with memorial site

Lac-Megantic will mark the seventh anniversary of a tragic rail disaster that claimed 47 lives by inaugurating a long-planned memorial space. On July 6, 2013, a runaway train hauling tanker cars loade...

Jul 06, 2020

Young Syrian refugee gives back to Quebec by working at long-term care home

MONTREAL - George Chabo was just a teenager when the Syrian refugee arrived in Montreal in the winter of 2016, met first by Canadian Red Cross volunteers who supplied him and his family...

Jul 05, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, July 5

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2:23 p.m. ET on July 5, 2020: There are 105,536 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 55,863 confirmed (including 5,574 deaths, 25,346 res...

Jul 05, 2020

Tories, NDP lay out demands as Liberals prepare to reveal state of economy

OTTAWA - Opposition parties have laid out their demands as the federal Liberal government prepares to update Canadians on the state of the economy after four months of COVID-19. Wednesday's fiscal sna...

Jul 05, 2020