Canada

'Even if no one is watching:' Parade marshal named for cancelled Stampede

CALGARY - Filipe Masetti Leite has spent a lot of alone time in the saddle criss-crossing countries on horseback over the last eight years. The latest journey for the long rider - ...

Jun 03, 2020

If Trudeau won't stand up to Trump, how will regular people: Singh

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh has accused the prime minister of hypocrisy for calling on Canadians to do more to combat racism but refusing to condemn inflammatory remarks by U.S. President D...

Jun 03, 2020

As some protesters in D.C. gird for battle, others provide first aid, supplies

WASHINGTON - Moving among the pulsing mass of angry activism outside the White House, a handful of people are on hand to provide help and first aid to police and protesters alike. Morris Crawford...

Jun 03, 2020

Joint inquiry or review into mass killing is taking shape: justice minister

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's justice minister says there will be a joint federal-provincial inquiry or review into the mass killing in April that claimed 22 lives, but the exact form of that inve...

Jun 03, 2020

Trump decries 'lowlifes' and racism in Canada; In The News for June 3

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 June 3 ... --- A...

Jun 03, 2020

Northwood seeks private rooms after COVID tragedy, but will N.S. fund the fix?

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's largest nursing home is planning for a future of private rooms to keep residents safe, but it has taken a wrenching pandemic death toll to cr...

Jun 03, 2020

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

Provinces 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: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Jun 03, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on June 3, 2020: There are 92,410 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 51,593 confirmed (includ...

Jun 03, 2020

Defence Department accused of using pandemic to withhold info from Parliament

OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence is being accused of trying to take advantage of the COVID-19 pandemic to withhold information from Parliament and Canadians. There has been widespread ...

Jun 03, 2020

On first day of Tiff Macklem's term, Bank of Canada to make rate announcement

OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is expected to keep its key interest rate unchanged this morning on the first day of governor Tiff Macklem's tenure. Economists expect the central bank will maint...

Jun 03, 2020