Canada

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Morneau names Tiff Macklem new Bank of Canada governor

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau is naming Tiff Macklem the new governor of the Bank of Canada. The dean of the business school at the University of Toronto is a former senior deputy governor of...

May 01, 2020

C.D. Howe's Business Cycle Council says country has entered a recession

TORONTO - The C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council says Canada has entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released Friday, the council...

May 01, 2020

COVID-19 threat to Indigenous people and quaratine stream; In The News for May 1

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 May 1 ... --- COVID-1...

May 01, 2020

COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities grows as it eases elsewhere

OTTAWA - The federal government will be under pressure today to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit commu...

May 01, 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 May 1, 2020: There are 53,236 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 27,538 confirme...

May 01, 2020

China likes Canada's 'cool head' amid U.S. 'smears' over COVID-19, says envoy

OTTAWA - China's envoy in Ottawa says that while the United States is "smearing" his country over COVID-19, the People's Republic appreciates Canada's "cool-headed" co-operation on battling the pandem...

May 01, 2020

Day 3 of search for 5 Canadian service members after helicopter crashes into sea

OTTAWA - The search for five Canadian service members enters the third day today after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece during a NATO training mission. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jona...

May 01, 2020

Wet'suwet'en agree to deal with government over rights and title

SMITHERS, B.C. - Hereditary chiefs who oppose a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia say they will sign an agreement with the federal and provincial governments that affirms their ti...

Apr 30, 2020

Golf and camping: Alberta's emergence from COVID shutdown includes the outdoors

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has released its plan for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. The gradual approach begins Friday with access to...

Apr 30, 2020

Reopened golf courses, campsites part of Alberta relaunch plan

EDMONTON - Alberta is planning to reopen dental offices and golf courses shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic as early as Monday. The government says boat launches are also to be made accessible and...

Apr 30, 2020