Canada

Garneau embraces new U.S. ties as Champagne joins Britain targeting Chinese abuses

OTTAWA - Canada's new foreign minister says he will work with the incoming Biden administration in Washington to find ways to help two Canadian men imprisoned by China.Foreign Affairs Minister Marc Ga...

Jan 12, 2021

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Jan. 12, 2021

OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):5:50 p.m.Alberta is announcing 652 new cases of COVID-19 and 38 additional deaths due to the virus.It's the highest numb...

Jan 12, 2021

Ontario issues stay-at-home order as COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm hospitals

OTTAWA - Canada's biggest province declared a new state of emergency Tuesday and is invoking a stay-at-home order as COVID-19 threatens to overwhelm Ontario hospitals.The dire news came as Prime Minis...

Jan 12, 2021

Detective says metal rod found in garbage at Edmonton hotel where Cindy Gladue died

EDMONTON - A detective has told a jury that Edmonton police found a metal rod in the garbage collected at the city hotel where Cindy Gladue's body was found in June 2011. Det. Nancy Ho has testified a...

Jan 12, 2021

Nunavut officials urge residents to get COVID vaccine, about 400 shots given so far

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut officials are urging residents to get immunized against COVID-19 as the vaccine starts to roll out across the territory. Chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, ...

Jan 12, 2021

Regulator investigating Canadian nurses who spoke at anti-lockdown rally in D.C.

TORONTO - Two Canadian nurses who spoke at an anti-lockdown rally in Washington, D.C., on the day of the deadly storming of the Capitol are under investigation by their regulatory body. One of them, w...

Jan 12, 2021

Cabinet shuffle and Ontario's possible new COVID measures: In The News for Jan. 12

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 Jan. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Jan 12, 2021

Trudeau to shuffle cabinet before hosting ministerial retreat

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will conduct a small shuffle of his ministers today before holing up later in the day for a cabinet retreat to plot strategy for the resumption of Parliament. Th...

Jan 12, 2021

Include offices of PM, ministers under Access to Information law: info watchdog

OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog is calling for the offices of the prime minister and other cabinet members to be included under the Access to Information Act. Information commissioner Caroli...

Jan 12, 2021

Trudeau to shuffle cabinet as Bains departs as innovation minister

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to conduct a small shuffle of his cabinet Tuesday, sparked by the departure of Navdeep Bains, the minister of innovation, science and industry. Rumou...

Jan 11, 2021