Canada

Finance Department says federal deficit hit $282.6 billion in February

OTTAWA - The federal government says it ran a budgetary deficit of $282.6 billion through 11 months of its fiscal year as revenues dropped and pandemic aid continued to flow. The deficit from April to...

Apr 30, 2021

Supreme Court of Canada sides with Crown over immunity of prosecutors

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has ended a bid by Toronto police members to sue over the actions of Crown prosecutors that the officers say damaged their reputations. The high court decision tod...

Apr 30, 2021

'He loved Nunavut:' Polar bear biologist who died in helicopter crash remembered

IQALUIT - A dedicated scientist who loved the North, Markus Dyck spoke his mind and strove to include Inuit in northern research. That's how friends and colleagues are remembering Dyck, a polar bear b...

Apr 30, 2021

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. The military commander handling l...

Apr 30, 2021

B.C.'s travel ban and Elliot Page's Oprah interview: In The News for April 30

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 April 30 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 30, 2021

Senate to vote today on Port of Montreal back-to-work legislation

OTTAWA - A strike at one of Canada's busiest ports could be coming to an end as the Senate prepares to deal with back-to-work legislation today that would force 1,150 dockworkers back on the job at th...

Apr 30, 2021

Death due to COVID-19 parties could lead to manslaughter charges: experts

People who break health rules by holding parties that lead to death from COVID-19 should heed the warning from a British Columbia judge about facing a manslaughter charge, legal experts say. Prof. Lis...

Apr 30, 2021

Crime victims need help through gruelling, traumatic parole process: advocates

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Last Friday, a Parole Board of Canada decision gave Greg Parsons a momentary reprieve from weeks of night terrors and unearthed trauma. The parole hearing for the man who killed Par...

Apr 30, 2021

Liberal tree-planting pledge still sparse on details after two years: critic

OTTAWA - The Conservatives' environment critic says almost two years after promising to plant two billion trees within a decade, the Liberals have provided little in the way of detail on how that will...

Apr 30, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, April 29 , 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 29, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 305,605 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,13...

Apr 29, 2021