Canada

Groups that help vulnerable women ask Liberals for lifeline after losing out on aid

OTTAWA - Groups that offer services to vulnerable women across the country say they were shut out from federal pandemic aid and now face an uncertain future. A report this morning from a coalition of ...

Dec 15, 2020

Holiday lockdown supported and Moroccans protest Israel ties: In The News for Dec. 15

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 Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Dec 15, 2020

Reconciliation delayed and anti-Indigenous racism rising: TRC commissioners

OTTAWA - Five years after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission issued its final report, commissioners Murray Sinclair, Wilton Littlechild and Marie Wilson are coming together to voice their concern...

Dec 15, 2020

Approval for Moderna's vaccine 'looks positive' but a few more documents still needed

OTTAWA - The chief medical adviser at Health Canada says things are on track for her department to approve a second vaccine for COVID-19 very soon. Dr. Supriya Sharma says things "look positive" for t...

Dec 15, 2020

Majority of Canadians support holiday lockdown to fight COVID-19: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests a majority of Canadians support the idea of a lockdown on non-essential businesses and services during the holidays to fight a surge in new COVID-19 cases across the count...

Dec 15, 2020

Final witness in van attack trial likely to finish testimony today

TORONTO - The final witness in Toronto's van attack trial is expected to finish testifying today. Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Scott Woodside says Alek Minassian knew his actions were morally wrong. Wood...

Dec 15, 2020

Ottawa announces $3.16 billion to plant two billion trees over the next decade

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The Canadian government says it will spend $3.16 billion over the next ten years to plant two billion trees across the country. Natural Resources Minister Seamus O'Regan made the fu...

Dec 14, 2020

Anti-racism task force calls for end to racial profiling in all Quebec police forces

MONTREAL - An anti-racism task force created by the Quebec premier last June is recommending that police across the province stop randomly stopping people. Junior health minister Lionel Carmant told r...

Dec 14, 2020

Court hears senior RCMP officer emailed FBI after Huawei CFO arrested in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - A security analyst who monitors emails to and from the RCMP says a senior Mountie emailed the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation the day after a Huawei executive was arrested at Vancouve...

Dec 14, 2020

Senator likely to propose major amendments to assisted dying bill

OTTAWA - It's out of the political frying pan and into the fire today for the Trudeau government's bill to expand access to medically assisted dying. Opening debate on Bill C-7 begins tonight in the S...

Dec 14, 2020