Canada

Legion, other veterans groups to get $20M to weather COVID-19

OTTAWA - On the eve of Remembrance Day, the federal Liberal government is moving ahead with plans to provide emergency assistance to veterans organizations battered by the COVID-19 pandemic. The gover...

Nov 10, 2020

Georgia's Senate deadlocks, Trump's intransigence keep U.S. political suspense going

WASHINGTON, D.C. - There's good news in Georgia for anyone still craving high-stakes election suspense in the wake of Joe Biden's presidential win. Control of the Senate is still up for grabs: R...

Nov 10, 2020

Toronto COVID-19 cases top 500 for first time

OTTAWA - Canada's largest city is reporting a record number of COVID-19 cases for the second day in a row. Toronto reports 520 new cases of COVID-19 today, after recording 482 new cases Monday. Ontari...

Nov 10, 2020

Quebec to fund new native friendship centre in city where Joyce Echaquan died

JOLIETTE, Que. - The Quebec government is investing $3.1 million for a new Native Friendship Centre in a city that was recently shaken by the death of an Indigenous woman in a local hospital. Indigeno...

Nov 10, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting a record high of 1,388 new COVID-19 cases today, and 15 new deaths due to the virus. Health Mini...

Nov 10, 2020

Medicago reports promising early Phase 1 test results of possible COVID-19 vaccine

QUEBEC - Medicago says it has received promising early test results for its plant-derived vaccine for COVID-19. The Quebec City-based company says interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial found tha...

Nov 10, 2020

COVID may have reversed decline in Canadian trust in scientists, survey says

The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic may have boosted failing public trust in science and scientists, a new survey has found. "I think it's fantastic that we see the decline in skepticism about science ...

Nov 10, 2020

Pandemic survey and Giller Prize winner: In The News for Nov. 10

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 Nov. 10 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Nov 10, 2020

Seventy years on, Canadian veterans keep memories of 'forgotten' Korean War alive

Seventy years after Canada committed troops to a conflict the public still knows little about, the country's dwindling ranks of Korean War veterans continue to speak out about their experiences in the...

Nov 10, 2020

'Cultural genocide:' Nunavut passes changes to education, language protection acts

IQALUIT - A bill passed in the Nunavut legislature that will shape how Inuit languages are taught in school for years to come is being called a form of cultural genocide. The territory's original Educ...

Nov 10, 2020