Canada

Federal Liberals revive bill that seeks to outlaw forced LGBTQ conversion therapy

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have reintroduced a bill that would ban forcing children or adults to undergo therapy aimed at altering their sexual orientation or gender identity.The government had pre...

Oct 01, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Oct. 1

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. EDT on Oct. 1, 2020: There are 158,765 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 74,288 confirmed (including 5,834 deaths, 62,564 ...

Oct 01, 2020

Infrastructure announcement and Shawn Mendes: In The News for Oct. 1

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. 1 ... What we ar...

Oct 01, 2020

Liberal, Conservative MPs join international task force to curb anti-Semitism online

OTTAWA - Liberal MP Anthony Housefather and Conservative MP Marty Morantz are joining an international task force aimed at making web giants do more to combat anti-Semitism online. Politicians from Au...

Oct 01, 2020

Seven survivors of Alberta tour bus rollover near Jasper file lawsuit

EDMONTON - A northern Alberta woman who survived a fatal tour bus crash in Jasper National Park this summer says she is one of the lucky ones, but her recovery will be long and painful. Sweta Patel, 2...

Sep 30, 2020

Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole lambastes Liberals' handing of pandemic

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole used his first speech in the House of Commons as party leader to lambaste the Liberal government's response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In his formal reply to t...

Sep 30, 2020

Another First Nation in Nova Scotia set to start self-regulated lobster fishery

HALIFAX - A First Nation in southern Cape Breton is set to become the second Indigenous band in Nova Scotia to launch a self-regulated commercial lobster fishery that will operate outside the regular ...

Sep 30, 2020

Racism common in Montreal hospitals says head of Native Women's Shelter

MONTREAL - The executive director of the Native Women's Shelter of Montreal says racism against Indigenous people is so common at local hospitals that her organization escorts clients to medical visit...

Sep 30, 2020

Health Canada green-lights rapid COVID-19 test

OTTAWA - Health Canada has given the green light to a rapid test for COVID-19. The department posted news of the approval of the Abbott Diagnostics ID Now test this afternoon, a day after the governme...

Sep 30, 2020

Alberta top court rejects appeal of man who killed Calgary Stampeders football player

CALGARY - Alberta's top court has upheld the conviction of a man who killed a Calgary Stampeders football player outside a Calgary nightclub in 2016. Three Court of Appeal justices unanimously dismiss...

Sep 30, 2020