Canada

Victoria mayor says city prepares to create open spaces for restaurant recovery

Victoria's mayor says she wants to give the city's restaurants, pubs and retailers more space to reopen successfully with a plan that could expand outdoor patios to sidewalks, park...

May 11, 2020

Veterans ombudsman calls it quits after 18 months

OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling it quits after only 18 months on the job. The federal government announced Dalton's departure this afternoon, saying the former army officer who too...

May 11, 2020

Increased border traffic likely as Canada, U.S. economies reopen: Freeland

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada and the U.S. are working on plans to deal with what she calls an inevitable increase in cross-border traffic as economies in both countries...

May 11, 2020

Northern Saskatchewan leaders want COVID checkpoint confusion sorted out

REGINA - Leaders in northwestern Saskatchewan are asking the province to clear up confusion about checkpoints that are restricting travel in the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. &nb...

May 11, 2020

As U.S. reopening barrels along, 'invisible enemy' infiltrates White House

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's "invisible enemy" has made its way to the West Wing, where it threatens not only the health of people working inside the White House but the president's own post-pandemic r...

May 11, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:08 a.m. on May 11, 2020: There are 69,157 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 37,721 confirmed (inclu...

May 11, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:45 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will continue to push for caution in terms of liftin...

May 11, 2020

One of two Quebec Liberal leadership candidates drops out, citing lack of money

MONTREAL - One of only two leadership contenders for the Quebec Liberal Party is dropping out of the race. Alexandre Cusson, the former mayor of Drummondville, Que., announced today that the race...

May 11, 2020

More COVID-19 restrictions being lifted across the country

Some Quebec schools were reopening and more Ontario retailers were offering curbside pickup on Monday as Ottawa promised to help some of the country's biggest employers stay afloat during th...

May 11, 2020

Police-escorted motorcade to accompany remains of helicopter crash victim

HALIFAX - The remains of Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough, a Royal Canadian Navy sailor killed last month in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece, were expected to arrive in Halifax on ...

May 11, 2020