Canada

Feds to offer full-time work to all military reservists as part of COVID-19 response

OTTAWA - The federal government is planning to offer full-time employment to all reservists in the Canadian Armed Forces until the end of the summer. The move is intended to make sure the military has...

Apr 03, 2020

Grassy Narrows signs deal with Ottawa on mercury poisoning treatment centre

OTTAWA - The federal government has signed an agreement with Grassy Narrows First Nation that will see a long-promised treatment centre for residents with mercury poisoning finally built in ...

Apr 03, 2020

Northern residents embrace plan for unique beaded pin honouring COVID-19 workers

DAWSON CITY, Yukon - A made-in-Yukon initiative to celebrate front-line workers fighting COVID-19 is gaining momentum across the North. An administrative assistant at a health centre in Dawson Ci...

Apr 03, 2020

GST credit payments to low-income earners to arrive one month earlier

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government will deliver more aid to low-income Canadians through the GST credit a month sooner than planned. The government initially announced the mone...

Apr 03, 2020

PM Trudeau: GST top-up coming sooner, armed forces headed to Quebec

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau revealed Friday morning that the federal government will be delivering additional aid to low-income people through the GST credit sooner than expected.The government init...

Apr 03, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Scheer calls for more oversight of government's COVID-19 response

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for the Liberals to be more transparent about their response to the COVID-19 crisis. He wants the government to release all of the data on the spr...

Apr 03, 2020

3M pushes back on Trump administration call to stop sending N95 masks to Canada

WASHINGTON - One of the world's largest U.S.-based makers of consumer products says it has been told by the White House to stop exporting medical-grade face masks to the Canadian market. Minnesot...

Apr 03, 2020

Ontario's move puts pressure on feds to reveal national COVID-19 projections

OTTAWA - Canadians should brace for some grim numbers today as Ontario reveals its projections for how bad the COVID-19 pandemic could get in the country's most populous province and how long it could...

Apr 03, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 6:30 a.m. A regional government near Toronto has apologized after revealing it accidentally ma...

Apr 03, 2020

Cruise passengers to land soon and 'Jesus Christ Superstar' streamable; In The News for April 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 April 3 ... COVI...

Apr 03, 2020