Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, April 20, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, April 20, 2021. There are 1,139,043 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,139,043 confirmed cases (87,872 activ...

Apr 20, 2021

Rowing Canada sanctions former head coach of B.C. varsity women's team

Rowing Canada has suspended the former head coach of the University of Victoria women's rowing team for one year after an investigation into allegations of aggressive and demeaning treatment. The deci...

Apr 20, 2021

George Floyd's death was 'wake-up call' about systemic racism: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is welcoming the guilty verdict against the former Minneapolis police officer whose knee to the neck of George Floyd ended in the Black man's death last May. Der...

Apr 20, 2021

Trudeau says Liberal budget is not a launch pad for a federal election

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau insists Monday's federal budget is not intended as a launching pad for an election later this year but he's not entirely ruling one out. Trudeau says it will be ...

Apr 20, 2021

Quick Quotes: Reaction to Quebec court ruling on Bill 21, religious symbols law

Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc-Andre Blanchard on Tuesday upheld the bulk of the province's secularism law, known as Bill 21, which bans many public sector workers from wearing religious symbols o...

Apr 20, 2021

Other COVID-19 cases in Nunavut linked to ongoing outbreak in Iqaluit

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says there's a greater risk of COVID-19 transmission in Iqaluit and other Baffin communities after cases popped up in Kinngait. Dr. Michael Pat...

Apr 20, 2021

Feds pressed to define 'free, prior and informed consent' in UNDRIP bill

OTTAWA - Federal officials are facing calls for greater clarity on how a bill to harmonize Canada's laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples could affect future dev...

Apr 20, 2021

'The time of my life': Canadian on Perseverance mission to Mars enjoying every minute

Spare a thought for the plight of Farah Alibay, a Canadian on the team that recently landed a probe on Mars and, last weekend, directed the first flight on a planet other than Earth. "In the past two ...

Apr 20, 2021

Experts, advocates say federal budget is hit-and-miss on housing

OTTAWA - Experts and advocates say countrywide government measures aimed at putting housing within reach of more Canadians mark a step in the right direction, despite a few misses and ham-fisted moves...

Apr 20, 2021

Female service members blast military police over sex misconduct investigations

OTTAWA - Female service members and veterans are criticizing the way Canada's military police investigate allegations of sexual assault and harassment in the ranks. The women voiced their complaints t...

Apr 20, 2021