Canada

COVID-19 outbreak declared in Iqaluit as infection numbers rise after first case

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 in Iqaluit after 12 new cases were reported overnight.There are now 13 active cases in the capital city of about 8,000 people.The city w...

Apr 16, 2021

73,000 Quebec teachers plan to walk off the job for more than two hours April 27

MONTREAL - Around 73,000 Quebec teachers say they will walk off the job for several hours on April 27. The strike is scheduled to take place from 2:45 p.m. to 5 p.m. and will be the second strike day ...

Apr 16, 2021

NewsAlert: Ontario asks other provinces, territories to send nurses as COVID surges

TORONTO - Ontario is pleading with other provinces to send nurses and other health workers as it buckles under surging COVID-19 infections.In a letter to all provinces and territories, the Ontario gov...

Apr 16, 2021

Expectations high as Trudeau Liberals get ready to unveil first pandemic budget

OTTAWA - The Liberals will look to thread an economic needle with Monday's budget, while dealing with a minority Parliament where the document's defeat would topple the government. It has been more th...

Apr 16, 2021

Liberal government pressed to delay tax filing deadline from end of April

OTTAWA - The federal government is coming under pressure to extend this month's tax-filing deadline, much like it did last year during the first wave of COVID-19. The Opposition Conservatives are aski...

Apr 16, 2021

Trudeau sending help to Ontario as Pfizer vaccine supply bolstered by 8 million doses

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says more doses of COVID-19 vaccines are coming soon from Pfizer-BioNTech, and the federal government will deploy the Canadian Red Cross to help Ontario with their mobile...

Apr 16, 2021

Preliminary inquiry in September for ex-PQ leader Boisclair charged with sex assault

MONTREAL - Former Parti Quebecois leader Andre Boisclair will have a preliminary hearing on sex assault charges on Sept. 30.Boisclair was not present in court today as the inquiry date was set for cha...

Apr 16, 2021

Wilkinson urges opposition leaders to stop stalling net-zero carbon emissions bill

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is urging opposition leaders to end stalling tactics on a bill that would require the federal government to set legally binding targets for reducing ca...

Apr 16, 2021

New restrictions in Ontario?; eight dead in U.S. shooting: In The News for April 16

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 16 ... What we are watching in Canada .....

Apr 16, 2021

Prince Philip remembered as calm presence during Queen's visits to the North

There's a road in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, that stretches all the way around Williamson Lake, a small body of water in the centre of town. But, unlike a lot of the roads in the community then, this one ...

Apr 16, 2021