Canada

Saskatchewan premier discloses 1994 impaired driving charge he says was dropped

Saskatchewan Party Leader Scott Moe says he was charged with impaired driving and leaving the scene of an accident in 1994, but the charges were dropped. Moe, making the disclosure during a campaign s...

Oct 07, 2020

Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur resumes treatment as lung cancer returns

Montreal Canadiens great Guy Lafleur is facing a recurrence of lung cancer, the hospital treating him announced Wednesday. Lafleur was informed of the diagnosis during an appointment with his me...

Oct 07, 2020

Halifax police cleared of wrongdoing in high-profile case of alleged racial profiling

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's police watchdog has cleared two officers of wrongdoing following their violent arrest of a Black woman who later alleged she was a victim of racial profiling. The Serious Incid...

Oct 07, 2020

Canadian defence minister calls out China for 'hostage diplomacy'

OTTAWA - Canada's defence minister is calling out China over what he describes as its "hostage diplomacy" and says the NATO military alliance needs to keep tabs on the increasingly assertive Asian gia...

Oct 07, 2020

Cases drop in Quebec but hospitalizations creep up in hardest-hit provinces

There were some small positive signs in COVID-19 data reported from Quebec and Ontario today, even as hospitalizations inched upwards in Canada's two most populous provinces. New cases in Quebec dropp...

Oct 07, 2020

Few to use new sickness benefit for COVID-19 diagnosis, PBO suggests in new report

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says relatively little of the government's new sickness benefit will go to people who have tested positive for COVID-19.In a report this morning, the parliament...

Oct 07, 2020

Sexualized onions: Facebook lifts ban on Newfoundland advertisement for seeds

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Facebook has reversed its decision to prevent a seed company in Newfoundland from using a photo of a pile of onions, which the social media giant had deemed "overtly sexual." Jackso...

Oct 07, 2020

Straws, stir sticks and bags among first targets of countrywide plastics ban

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says six single-use plastic items that aren't easily recycled and already have more environmentally friendly alternatives will be the first to go under...

Oct 07, 2020

Conservatives' O'Toole says MPs can vote freely on two controversial bills

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he'll allow MPs free votes on two bills that are controversial within his party. Last week, the Liberal government reintroduced legislation to ban the pr...

Oct 07, 2020

Via Rail terror case and China's human rights policies criticized: In The News for Oct. 7

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 Oct. 7 ... What ...

Oct 07, 2020