Canada

NDP calls for moratorium on Clearview AI facial recognition software

OTTAWA - NDP ethics critic Charlie Angus wants the Liberal government to stop the RCMP's use of controversial facial-recognition software. The U.S. firm Clearview AI claims to allow police to compare ...

Mar 11, 2020

A breakdown of federal spending in response to the COVID-19 outbreak

OTTAWA - The federal government unveiled a $1 billion response package to mitigate the effects of COVID-19 on the Canadian health-care system, the economy, and workers. Here is the breakdown of the sp...

Mar 11, 2020

Trudeau promises $1 billion for COVID-19 research, resilience

OTTAWA - The federal government is rolling out a $1-billion funding package to help the country's health-care system cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian worke...

Mar 11, 2020 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responds to a question during Question Period in the House of Commons Tuesday March 10, 2020 in Ottawa. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

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

OTTAWA - The ongoing spread of the novel coronavirus is forcing political campaigns on either side of the Canada-U.S. border to consider changing their plans. In Canada, Conservative leadership candid...

Mar 11, 2020

Kalen Schlatter testifies he did not sexually assault or kill Tess Richey

TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of sexually assaulting and strangling a young woman he had just met testified Monday that she initiated their early-morning sexual encounter and was alive when he ...

Mar 11, 2020

Gas-powered vehicles contribute more to city pollution than thought: research

Research suggests cars and other gasoline-powered vehicles are responsible for a share of two highly toxic contaminants in downtown city air that's at least five times larger than previously thought. ...

Mar 11, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 7:50 p.m. Ontario confirmed one more novel coronavirus case on Monday evening, bringing the total i...

Mar 11, 2020

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

OTTAWA - Canada's military is searching for its sixth second-in-command in under four years following Lt.-Gen. Jean-Marc Lanthier's surprise decision to retire this summer. In a statement, Lanthier sa...

Mar 11, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the novel coronavirus and the illness dubbed COVID-19 (all times Eastern): 9:15 a.m. The federal government is spending $1 billion to help provinces respond to the novel coronavirus...

Mar 11, 2020

Manitoba government says budget will tackle possible coronavirus effects

WINNIPEG - It's budget day in Manitoba and the Progressive Conservative government says the new fiscal plan will take into consideration the economic effects of the novel coronavirus. Premier Brian Pa...

Mar 11, 2020