Canada

Quebec reports more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases for first time since May

MONTREAL - For the first time since early May, more than 1,000 new COVID-19 cases were reported in Quebec in a 24-hour period. Health officials said today the number of new COVID-19 cases in the provi...

Oct 02, 2020

Feds top up relief fund with $600 million to help small- and medium-sized businesses

OTTAWA - The federal government is adding $600 million to a fund to help small- and medium-sized businesses weather the COVID-19 pandemic. The measure announced today by Economic Development Minister ...

Oct 02, 2020

Pathologist tells Fredericton murder trial four victims died of gunshot wounds

FREDERICTON - A forensic pathologist who conducted autopsies on the four victims of the 2018 Fredericton mass shooting says they all died from gunshot wounds. Dr. Ken Obenson testified today at the tr...

Oct 02, 2020

PBO complains of lack of transparency on $422 billion in federal business support

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer says Crown corporations have handed out an estimated $422 million in "liquidity support" to businesses since the start of the pandemic. Four Crown corporation...

Oct 02, 2020

Trudeau to Trumps after positive COVID test: 'Get well soon and have a full recovery'

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and wife Sophie are sending their best wishes to Donald Trump and his wife Melania after the pair tested positive for COVID-19. Trudeau says on Twitte...

Oct 02, 2020

Family of Indigenous woman subjected to slurs in Quebec hospital to announce lawsuit

MONTREAL - The family of an Indigenous woman subjected to insults as she lay dying in hospital says it will seek justice for her by launching legal proceedings. Members of Joyce Echaquan's famil...

Oct 02, 2020

Trump COVID test and military exports: In The News for Oct. 2

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. 2 ... What ...

Oct 02, 2020

'Staying calm:' Nunavut's top doctor trying to keep Far North safe from COVID-19

IQALUIT, Nunavut - In Nunavut, Dr. Michael Patterson is a household name. As the territory's chief public health officer, he leads the team responsible for keeping COVID-19 out of Nunavut's 25 c...

Oct 02, 2020

14 days of solitude: The lonely success of the 'Atlantic bubble'

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Laurie Leek has spent four of the past eight weeks alone in her home in St. John's. She was alone for her birthday. She was alone in the weeks immediately following her mother...

Oct 02, 2020

Champagne says he will stop arms exports to Turkey if rights abuse uncovered

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he's willing to halt military export permits to NATO ally Turkey if an investigation determines Canadian technology is leading to hum...

Oct 02, 2020