Canada

Montreal suburb's plan to charge for picnic table reservations draws backlash

MONTREAL - A Montreal suburb is stirring up debate over a plan to charge its citizens to reserve picnic tables in city parks. A draft bylaw by Dorval city council proposes charging $10 for residents t...

Apr 29, 2021

Ontario marks death-toll milestone as Atlantic bubble remains closed by outbreaks

Ontario has marked a grim milestone with the province's death toll pushing past 8,000 accelerated by a deadly third wave of the pandemic as Nova Scotia saw a slight decline in new infections.Ontario o...

Apr 29, 2021

Indigenous tourism group frets for future over funding gap in federal budget

OTTAWA - A group representing thousands of Indigenous-led tourism operators says it doesn't think the recent federal budget will do enough to help the industry avoid collapse. What's more, the Indigen...

Apr 29, 2021

'Great champion of Indigenous peoples,' B.C. judge, politician, Thomas Berger dies

VANCOUVER - Thomas Berger, a British Columbia politician, lawyer, judge and commissioner whose work led Canada to recognize Aboriginal title to land, has died at the age of 88. In confirming the death...

Apr 29, 2021

Transat AT reaches $700-million aid deal with federal government

MONTREAL - Travel company Transat AT Inc. says it has reached a deal with Ottawa to borrow up to $700 million.The money will come through the federal government's Large Employer Emergency Financing Fa...

Apr 29, 2021

Vaccine for meat plant workers and 'a crime, not a party': In The News for April 29

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 29 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 29, 2021

Worker fears getting COVID-19 without sick leave, wants B.C. to act

VANCOUVER - Avtar Badesha says he fears getting COVID-19 or being exposed to the virus because he couldn't support his family without any paid sick leave during quarantine. The 33-year-old power engin...

Apr 29, 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 29, 2021

Cabinet's ability to award Buy American exemptions 'strenuously limited,' Biden says

WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden says he has "strenuously limited" the ability of U.S. cabinet members to grant exemptions to his Buy American rules. In his first speech to Congress as president, Bide...

Apr 29, 2021

Conservatives say record $8.47M raised so far in 2021 as election possibility looms

OTTAWA - The Conservative Party of Canada says it raised a record $8.47 million in the first three months of 2021. The party says that breaks the record it set back in the first quarter of 2019 when i...

Apr 29, 2021