Canada

Yukon health officer reports first COVID-19 death

WHITEHORSE - Yukon has reported its first death from COVID-19 after an outbreak in the small community of Watson Lake. Chief medical health officer Dr. Brendan Hanley said Friday the person who died w...

Oct 30, 2020

Former MP Rob Anders accused of not reporting $750K in income for tax purposes

CALGARY - Tax authorities allege former Conservative MP Rob Anders failed to report more than $750,000 in net income over five years, court documents show. Anders faces five charges, including t...

Oct 30, 2020

Premiers call on PM to schedule meeting on health funding without delay

OTTAWA - Canada's premiers are growing impatient with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's failure to schedule a meeting to discuss their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. Tru...

Oct 30, 2020

Fierce fight brewing as unhappy jail guards in Ontario seek to form new union

TORONTO - Disaffected Ontario correctional officers are pushing for their own union in an increasingly bitter battle to win the hearts and cards of thousands of front-line jail workers. Backed by a we...

Oct 30, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Manitoba reports record COVID-19 spike, shuts some businesses

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government is ordering many businesses in the Winnipeg region to close after a record increase in COVID-19 cases. The province is reporting 480 new COVID-19 cases - more than d...

Oct 30, 2020

Canadian Rangers deployed to Neskantaga First Nation during water crisis, Miller says

OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says Canadian Rangers should be on the ground in Neskantaga First Nation today. The remote community in northern Ontario has mostly been evacuated aft...

Oct 30, 2020

Canadians need to cut contacts by a quarter to control COVID-19 outbreak: Tam

New federal projections suggest that Canadians need to cut a quarter of their contacts to keep the COVID-19 outbreak from resurging. The modelling indicates that at current rates of in-person socializ...

Oct 30, 2020

Fallen construction magnate ordered to pay $2 million after pleading guilty to fraud

MONTREAL - One-time Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso and several companies tied to him have been ordered to pay $4.2 million after pleading guilty to tax fraud.Quebec's Revenue Department said...

Oct 30, 2020

Lobster dispute: RCMP release images of men near fish plant that was torched

HALIFAX - The Nova Scotia RCMP released images today showing two men walking away from a fish plant on the same night it was burned to the ground amid an escalating dispute over an Indigenous lobster ...

Oct 30, 2020

Five Things about Canada's foreign-policy end run around Donald Trump

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne was recently pondering Canada's place in the world from his home in Shawinigan, Que., "the command centre of foreign policy, these days," a...

Oct 30, 2020