Canada

Politics in the time of COVID-19: campaigns in Canada, U.S. pivot amid outbreak

WASHINGTON - The glad-handing, confetti-and-skimmer-hat spirit of North American retail politics is on a collision course with the realities of life in a pandemic. In both Canada and th...

Mar 13, 2020

NewsAlert:Quebec to shut schools, universities, daycares for two weeks

Quebec is closing all schools, junior colleges, universities and daycare centres in the province for two weeks beginning Monday to reduce the spread of COVID-19. Premier Francois Legault is also ...

Mar 13, 2020

Minimal hit to economic growth from rail blockades, PBO says in new report

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says a series of rail blockades last month will leave a minimal dent in the pace of economic growth. The report today estimates the blockades will shave two-ten...

Mar 13, 2020

USMCA legislation approved in Commons amid concerns about Canada-U.S. border

OTTAWA - The leader of the government in the House of Commons says MPs have passed legislation to ratify the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, and the Senate is expected to follow suit later today. P...

Mar 13, 2020

Military making COVID-19 plans amid worries crisis will embolden adversaries

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is developing contingency plans to keep COVID-19 from affecting its ability to defend the country and continue its missions overseas amid concerns potential adversar...

Mar 13, 2020

Surprise retirement leaves military searching for sixth vice-chief in four years

OTTAWA - The Canadian military is searching for its sixth second-in-command in less than four years after Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier's surprise decision to retire this summer. The turnover in vice-ch...

Mar 13, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 60 confirmed (five cases resolved) - British Columbia: 53 confirmed, including ...

Mar 13, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Chinese allow Michael Kovrig telephone call to sick father

OTTAWA - The Chinese embassy in Canada says Michael Kovrig has been allowed to have a telephone conversation with his father who is very ill. The embassy says in a statement that they allowed this for...

Mar 13, 2020

Researchers, health workers further vaccine development, drive-thru testing

Canadian researchers are making multiple breakthroughs in the fight against COVID-19, as a biotech firm take the firsts steps towards a vaccine and a hospital in Ottawa opened a drive-t...

Mar 13, 2020

Gregoire Trudeau latest Canadian identified for contracting COVID-19

OTTAWA - The prime minister's wife is the latest Canadian identified for contracting the respiratory illness caused by the coronavirus spreading rapidly around the world. The Prime Minister's Office a...

Mar 13, 2020