Canada

Air Canada says senior executives to voluntarily return 2020 bonuses

MONTREAL - Air Canada says its senior executives have chosen to return their 2020 bonuses in response to "public disappointment." The airline company says in a news release the president and CEO, as w...

Jun 06, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, June 6, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday June 6, 2021. There are 1,392,563 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,392,563 confirmed cases (24,194 active, 1,3...

Jun 06, 2021

Weekend brings lower COVID-19 counts across much of Canada

OTTAWA - A summery weekend across much of Canada is bringing even better news as many parts of the country are reporting their smallest number of new COVID-19 infections in months. Ontario and Quebec ...

Jun 06, 2021

Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet criticize him on COVID actions

EDMONTON - Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's cabinet are openly criticizing him for actions surrounding COVID-19. Rajan Sawhney and Leela Aheer are taking Kenney to task for refusing to ap...

Jun 06, 2021

Trudeau's comments 'unfair' about Church and residential schools: Toronto archbishop

TORONTO - The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning following comments from the Prime Minister about the Catholic Church's role in Canadian residential schools. ...

Jun 06, 2021

'Convenient ignorance:' Canadians' knowledge of residential schools woefully lacking

TORONTO - Widespread shock at the discovery of what are believed to be the buried remains of 215 Indigenous children has highlighted the pervasive ignorance among many Canadians of one of the most sor...

Jun 06, 2021

'Explosion of fury and violence and blood,' Toronto's shelters see rise in violence

TORONTO - New data shows the number of violent incidents in Toronto shelters has more than tripled during the COVID-19 pandemic, a phenomenon those who use the system say is partially driving an incre...

Jun 06, 2021

Pope voices sorrow over Canadian deaths, doesn't apologize

VATICAN CITY (AP) - Pope Francis on Sunday expressed sorrow over the discovery in Canada of the remains of 215 Indigenous students of church-run boarding schools but didn't offer the apology sought by...

Jun 06, 2021

Action to save Montreal's Chinatown needs to come faster, advocates say

MONTREAL - Hotels and luxury condos have sprung up around the ornate red and gold gate that marks the south entrance to Montreal's Chinatown, towering above the busy dumpling restaurants and mom-and-p...

Jun 06, 2021

Canadian Bar Association urges firms to hire more Indigenous lawyers

The first Indigenous head of the Canadian Bar Association was a law school student in his mid-20s when he met his grandfather and learned he'd survived a "horrible" existence at a residential school i...

Jun 06, 2021