Canada

Extra income support for hard-hit workers may not stick around post-pandemic, PM says

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the more generous benefits being provided to out-of-work Canadians during the pandemic shouldn't be seen as permanent changes to the social safety net. Mill...

Nov 11, 2020

Trudeau says he expects trade deal with UK can be done before 2021

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he expects Canada can make a new trade deal with the U.K. before the calendar hit 2021. Speaking at a digital event hosted by the Financial Times, Trudeau s...

Nov 11, 2020

Study finds climate-changing methane emissions from oilpatch twice as high as thought

A newly published study concludes that emissions of a potent greenhouse gas from oil and gas production are twice as high as previously thought. The research by Environment Canada scientists says prev...

Nov 11, 2020

Assisted-dying bill sparks ferocious debate among Canadians with disabilities

OTTAWA - The determination of two Quebecers with disabilities to decide when their suffering had become intolerable persuaded the federal government to rewrite the law on medical assistance in dying. ...

Nov 11, 2020

Military's aid in COVID-19 fight noted as pandemic restricts Remembrance Day events

OTTAWA - A modest crowd gathered in downtown Ottawa to witness a solemn Remembrance Day ceremony at the National War Memorial, instead of the tens of thousands who normally show up. Many of the wreath...

Nov 11, 2020

Canada's 'caretaker convention' offers blueprint for containing an unbridled POTUS

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Right now, the United States could use some long-established guiding principles for how disgruntled leaders should behave after losing an election, and Canada might have just the th...

Nov 11, 2020

Ontario sets another new COVID-19 case record as hospitalizations jump in Quebec

COVID-19 case numbers are continuing to rise in Canada's two most populous provinces as Ontario set another new high for daily infections. Both Quebec and Ontario reported about 1,400 new cases, inclu...

Nov 11, 2020

Eric Salvail sex assault trial: Lawyer for former TV star begins closing arguments

MONTREAL - The lawyer for former Quebec television star Eric Salvail began his closing arguments today by telling the court his client's accuser cannot be trusted. Michel Massicotte says the complaina...

Nov 11, 2020

Nunavut health officials confirm one case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says the territory has confirmed a case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet. It brings the total number of infections in the territory to three. In a n...

Nov 11, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,378 new COVID-19 cases and 22 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, six of which occur...

Nov 11, 2020