Canada

Work by folk artist Maud Lewis featured in this year's holiday season stamps

OTTAWA - Canada Post is using three colourful and festive scenes painted by Nova Scotia folk artist Maud Lewis for its holiday season stamps this year. The agency announced the choice of the works by ...

Nov 02, 2020

House of Commons ethics committee makes third try at launching WE-related probe

OTTAWA - The House of Commons ethics committee is making a third attempt at examining conflicts of interest in the government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic, after two tries to probe Prime Minist...

Nov 02, 2020

Bill introduced to provide businesses with direct access to rent relief

OTTAWA - The federal government has introduced a long-awaited bill to provide businesses with direct access to emergency rent relief - almost a month after announcing the new measure. The bill would a...

Nov 02, 2020

Canadian 'Billionaire Donald' rooting for Trump to win again, COVID to lose

LONDON, Ont. - It takes Donald Rosso four minutes to turn into Donald Trump. The 63-year-old from London, Ont., is one of several people around the world who work as impersonators of the United States...

Nov 02, 2020

Manitoba tightens COVID-19 rules as Ontario considers loosening them

TORONTO - Manitoba is looking into imposing a curfew to help contain the spread of COVID-19 as Ontario considers whether to loosen restrictions in some hot spots. Manitoba Premier Brian Pallister says...

Nov 02, 2020

MacKay says he won't run in next federal election after failed leadership bid

OTTAWA - Former Justice Minister Peter MacKay says he won't be on the ballot in the next federal election. Two months ago MacKay finished second to Erin O'Toole in the Conservative leadership contest ...

Nov 02, 2020

Court challenge to Quebec's secularism law, Bill 21, opens in Montreal

MONTREAL - The first witness in the legal challenge of Quebec's secularism law told the court today the legislation makes her feel excluded from society. Ichrak Nourel Hak, a teacher who wears the hij...

Nov 02, 2020

Firms with more robots also have more workers overall, Statistics Canada study says

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says domestic firms that invested in robots since the late 1990s have also expanded their human workforces, suggesting a less than "apocalyptic" result for workers overall. ...

Nov 02, 2020

Prosecutors oppose release of Quebec woman accused of mailing poison to Donald Trump

Prosecutors in the United States say a Canadian woman accused of sending poisoned letters to President Donald Trump is too dangerous to be released. In a memo filed with the Washington D.C. district c...

Nov 02, 2020

No budget yet for Liberals' promise to plant two billion trees by 2030

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's massive tree-planting promise from the 2019 election has yet to be allocated a single dime. Trudeau pledged a year ago that the government would plant tw...

Nov 02, 2020