Canada

Nunavut RCMP release few details on man shot dead by police

IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Nunavut RCMP has released new, but limited details into the death of a 31-year-old man who was shot and killed by an officer in Clyde River last spring. Mounties say two officer...

Apr 20, 2021

Provinces balk at Liberals' child-care budget pledge as funding negotiations loom

OTTAWA - Multiple provincial governments are questioning the Liberals' promise of a national child-care system, saying they either feel the strings on the cash are too tight, or won't necessarily help...

Apr 20, 2021

Periodic roadblocks but no individual stops planned for B.C.'s COVID-19 travel rules

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government is looking at using periodic roadblocks to limit travel in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. Mike Farnworth, minister of public safety and the solicitor ...

Apr 20, 2021

Desmond inquiry: Veterans Affairs refusing to disclose review to fatality inquiry

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Veterans Affairs Canada has refused to disclose to an inquiry its internal review of how it handled the tragic case of Lionel Desmond, the Afghanistan war veteran from Nova Sco...

Apr 20, 2021

Oxford-AstraZeneca shots and deliberations in Chauvin trial: In The News for April 20

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 20, 2021 ...What we are watching in Cana...

Apr 20, 2021

Ontario, Alberta follow Manitoba, B.C. in giving AstraZeneca vaccine to 40 and up

Younger Canadians in several provinces are now able to get the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. Starting today, those aged 40 and over in Ontario and Alberta can get the shot. Previously, the mini...

Apr 20, 2021

B.C. to table budget that's expected to deal with COVID-19 pandemic and beyond

VICTORIA - The British Columbia government will table a budget today that outlines its economic plan after feeling the full force of the COVID-19 pandemic for more than a year. B.C.'s last budget was ...

Apr 20, 2021

Conservatives, Bloc Quebecois to propose budget rewrites as debate starts

OTTAWA - Opposition parties will get a chance today to propose a rewrite to the federal government's massive pandemic budget. Debate on Monday's budget begins today in the House of Commons. As the off...

Apr 20, 2021

Quebec judge to rule today on challenge to Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21

MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court is expected to rule today on a challenge to the province's law that bans certain public sector workers from wearing religious symbols on the job. Four separate lawsu...

Apr 20, 2021

Former B.C. premier to testify at money laundering hearing today

VANCOUVER - Former premier Christy Clark is scheduled to testify today at British Columbia's inquiry into money laundering. She is among a number of former cabinet ministers who are on the witness lis...

Apr 20, 2021