Canada

B.C.'s virtual COVID-19 election campaign lacks human touch: expert

VICTORIA - At the end of a recent virtual town hall meeting where about a dozen people asked questions about British Columbia's Oct. 24 election, New Democrat Leader John Horgan said he was enjoying c...

Oct 11, 2020

Canadians urged to keep COVID-era Thanksgiving gatherings small, virtual

As the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic washes over the country, Canadians from coast to coast are being asked to limit the size of their Thanksgiving gatherings or keep them entirely virtual. Wit...

Oct 11, 2020

Trump, Trudeau discuss president's COVID-19 diagnosis, Canadians detained in China

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the president's bout with COVID-19 this morning. The PMO says Trudeau wished Trump and his wife Melan...

Oct 10, 2020

COVID-19 spread shifts to seniors as outbreaks rise in long-term care homes: Tam

Canada's chief public health officer says the spread of COVID-19 is shifting towards seniors, adding to the mounting signs suggesting a second wave could hit just as hard as the first. In a statement ...

Oct 10, 2020

Trump, Trudeau discuss president's COVID-19 diagnosis, Canadians detained in China

OTTAWA - The Prime Minister's Office says Justin Trudeau and U.S. President Donald Trump discussed the president's bout with COVID-19 this morning. The PMO says Trudeau wished Trump and his wife Melan...

Oct 10, 2020

Unilateral ban on single-use plastics ignores spirit of USMCA, critics, experts say

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Canada's proposed ban on single-use plastics may not run afoul of its trade deal with the United States and Mexico, but experts suggest it disregards the "pause-and-check" spirit o...

Oct 10, 2020

Remembrance Day planners scrambling as COVID-19 upends traditional ceremonies

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Legion is doing something that would normally be unthinkable: Discouraging people from attending Remembrance Day ceremonies in person. The legion is instead urging Canadian...

Oct 10, 2020

Advocates call for change in housing fund after data shows skew to Ontario

VANCOUVER - A federal government fund providing financing for affordable housing projects needs to be rebuilt because it doesn't do enough to help provinces outside of Ontario, advocates say. Th...

Oct 10, 2020

Lawyer Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, 43, elected new leader of Parti Quebecois

MONTREAL - Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, a 43-year-old lawyer without a seat in Quebec's legislature, defeated the establishment candidate on the third round of voting Friday to become the new leader of t...

Oct 09, 2020

Liberals set relaxed nomination rules in preparation for possible federal election

OTTAWA - The Liberal party is readying itself for a possible federal election with new rules for nominating candidates. Since the minority Liberal government could be defeated at any time - and the CO...

Oct 09, 2020