Canada

Top health official in P.E.I. keeping an eye on COVID-19 surge in New Brunswick

HALIFAX - Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer says she's keeping a close watch on New Brunswick, where a recent surge in COVID-19 cases is straining that province's health-care system. Speaki...

Oct 05, 2021

Survivors' group outraged at new job for general who wrote reference for sex offender

OTTAWA - A group representing survivors of military sexual assault is expressing outrage after a senior officer who wrote a reference for a convicted sex offender was quietly reassigned to a new job -...

Oct 05, 2021

Elections Canada announces vote recount in Quebec riding of Trois-Rivières

OTTAWA - Elections Canada says there will be a recount in a Quebec riding where the Bloc Qubcois narrowly fought off the Conservatives. The judicial recount will start today in Trois-Rivires, where th...

Oct 05, 2021

As small business sentiment drops, Liberals pressed to give benefits extra life

OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of small businesses countrywide says its members are increasingly sour on their financial prospects, underlined by uncertainty over the fate of federal pandemic...

Oct 05, 2021

Erin O'Toole faces caucus, Echaquan findings addressed: In The News for Oct. 5, 2021

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 Oct. 5 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...

Oct 05, 2021

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole faces first caucus meeting after election loss

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole will face his caucus today for the first time since his party's disappointing election defeat two weeks ago. The 119 Conservative MPs are set to gather in per...

Oct 05, 2021

Election agency says powerless after Quebec City municipal party calls Islam 'cancer'

QUEBEC - A fringe Quebec City municipal party's platform describes Islam as a "cancer," and the province's elections commission says it doesn't have the power to do anything about it. Quebec will hold...

Oct 05, 2021

Quebec coroner to address systemic racism findings in the death of Joyce Echaquan

TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A coroner who issued a report last week into the death of Joyce Echaquan that urged Quebec to recognize systemic racism and root it out of institutions will address her findings ...

Oct 05, 2021

Ex-minister denounces racism against senator he called mouthpiece for China

OTTAWA - A former diplomat and cabinet minister is denouncing the anti-Asian racism directed at a Canadian senator he's called a mouthpiece for China. Chris Alexander says he has serious concerns that...

Oct 04, 2021

NDP to request recount in Toronto's Davenport riding, where Liberals won by 76 votes

OTTAWA - The NDP is to ask a judge for a recount in a Toronto seat where it lost to the Liberals by 76 votes. The New Democrats say they will go before a judge on Tuesday to ask for a recount in Daven...

Oct 04, 2021