Canada

Trudeau gives COVID-19 briefing for April 29

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will share his latest update on the federal government's response to the ongoing COVID-19 outbreak.Trudeau is to speak during a news conference scheduled to begin at 9 a....

Apr 29, 2020

Mayor and council tour Fort McMurray to see response to flooding from large ice jam

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Council members from the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo in northern Alberta toured the areas affected by flooding last night. Regional fire Chief Jody Butz took Mayor Don...

Apr 29, 2020

More than half of Canadian companies seeing sales drop at least 20%: StatCan

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada reports nearly one-third of Canadian businesses who responded in a newly released survey have seen their revenues plummet by 40 per cent as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic...

Apr 29, 2020

Commons approval sought for $9-billion emergency student aid package

OTTAWA - The House of Commons will be asked today to give rapid approval to legislation authorizing $9 billion in promised financial assistance for students facing bleak summer job prospects in t...

Apr 29, 2020

Financial aid for students and Canadian YouTube series; In The News for April 29

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 April 29 ... ---...

Apr 29, 2020

Complex challenges mean mandatory COVID-19 vaccine unlikely: experts

OTTAWA - Experts say the likelihood of an eventual COVID-19 vaccine becoming mandatory is slim. That's despite a desire by many Canadians to make sure as many people get vaccinated as p...

Apr 28, 2020

Study on early humans sheds new light on old stories about animals and alcohol

CALGARY - Research is shedding new light on old stories about the relationship between animals and alcohol. University of Calgary anthropologist Mareike Janiak started by asking how ea...

Apr 28, 2020

Free online crisis training launched for essential workers during COVID-19

In response to added pressures on essential workers during COVID-19, the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) has developed a trio of free crisis response training programs designed to help front...

Apr 28, 2020

Spread of COVID-19 slows down, but projections show more deaths expected: Tam

OTTAWA - New models released by the federal government show a pandemic paradox is playing out in Canada as more people die from COVID-19, even as the increase in new cases slows down. Canada's ch...

Apr 28, 2020

Kenney offers support to Fort McMurray as floods chase people from downtown

FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. - Officials in Fort McMurray say a 25-kilometre ice jam that caused major flooding and forced about 12,000 people from their homes in the city's downtown is shrinking. B...

Apr 28, 2020