Canada

Navy recalls ships, orders physical distancing on board due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Navy is pulling a number of ships back from overseas missions and imposing strict rules around physical distancing at sea as the military prepares to respond to the pandemi...

Apr 02, 2020

Limited sexual-health services could lead to unplanned pregnancies: advocates

OTTAWA - Sexual-health advocates say limited access to services and contraceptives because of COVID-19 is likely to lead to a surge in unintended pregnancies. Darrah Teitel with Action Canada for Sexu...

Apr 02, 2020

Internal audit of Scheer's expenses turns up money on school, clothes, minivan

OTTAWA - An internal audit of Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer's expenses has found the outgoing party chief spent $18,000 a year on private parochial school for his children. A senior Conservative s...

Apr 02, 2020

Trudeau calls first ministers meeting on COVID-19, promises better data soon

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he will soon be able to give Canadians a better sense of the impact COVID-19 is going to have on this country but he isn't able to do it yet.As countries li...

Apr 02, 2020

Alberta suspends environmental reporting requirements over COVID crisis

EDMONTON - Alberta has suspended environmental reporting requirements for industry. The move comes in a ministerial order signed on Tuesday by Environment Minister Jason Nixon. It says the suspension ...

Apr 02, 2020

Canada, NATO allies discuss COVID-19 response in face of world security issues

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is meeting his NATO counterparts this morning to discuss the alliance's response to the COVID-19 crisis while it continues to face dauntin...

Apr 02, 2020

Ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest, jailed for sex abuse, granted parole

MONTREAL - Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest, who was jailed for sexually abusing young female skiers under his care, has been granted full parole. The Parole Board of Canada says in a r...

Apr 02, 2020

Supreme Court won't hear man's appeal of sentence over mother's death

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will not hear the appeal of a Winnipeg man who hoped to challenge an order to spend more time in jail for leaving his mother on a floor for weeks until she di...

Apr 02, 2020

Ottawa owes less than feds calculated in First Nations child welfare case: PBO

OTTAWA - Canada's parliamentary budget officer says Ottawa will have to pay up to $2.9 billion in compensation to First Nations children and families torn apart by an underfunded child welfare system ...

Apr 02, 2020

MPs to quiz Morneau on COVID-19 bailout as PBO releases new estimates

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says three federal measures to help low-income earners, families and seniors weather the economic shock from COVID-19 will cost over $8 billion. The reports thi...

Apr 02, 2020