Canada

B.C. migrant, undocumented workers rally for permanent residency program

VANCOUVER - Migrant workers and advocates called for a "just recovery" from the COVID-19 pandemic during a digital rally on Saturday. Chit Arma, who chairs the Migrant Workers Centre in Vancouver, say...

Sep 19, 2020

Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner

TORONTO - Some highlights from the life and career of former prime minister John Turner: June 7, 1929: John Napier Wyndham Turner is born in Richmond, England. 1932: Turner and his mother move to Brit...

Sep 19, 2020

QuickQuotes: Public figures react to death of former prime minister John Turner

Former prime minister John Turner, who led the country for just 79 days in the summer of 1984, has died at 91. News of his death Saturday sparked an outpouring of tributes online from fellow politicia...

Sep 19, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert:Former prime minister John Turner dead at 91

OTTAWA - Former prime minister John Turner, dubbed "Canada's Kennedy" when he first arrived in Ottawa in the 1960s, has died at the age of 91. Marc Kealey, a former aide speaking on behalf o...

Sep 19, 2020

COVID-19 task force worries Trump's rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians

OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...

Sep 19, 2020

Hurricane Teddy remains on track for Atlantic Canada, expected as tropical storm

HALIFAX - Hurricane Teddy remains on track to pass through wide areas of Atlantic Canada on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rainfall. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Teddy is...

Sep 19, 2020

Hurricane Teddy remains on track for Atlantic Canada, expected as tropical storm

HALIFAX - Hurricane Teddy remains on track to pass through wide areas of Atlantic Canada on Tuesday and Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rainfall. The Canadian Hurricane Centre says Teddy is...

Sep 19, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 19

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:48 a.m. EDT on Sept. 19, 2020: There are 142,318 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 66,653 confirmed (including 5,792 deaths, 58,218...

Sep 19, 2020

COVID-19 task force worries Trump's rush to approve vaccine will spook Canadians

OTTAWA - Members of the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine task force are casting worried eyes at the Trump administration's political push to get a vaccine approved before the U.S. presidential el...

Sep 19, 2020

Admitted to Canada under pilot program, refugee nurses ready for work as PSWs

OTTAWA - Halfway through their 14-day quarantine period, Diala Charab and Yehya Al-Ayoubi are excited to start working as health-care aides after arriving Sunday from Lebanon. Despite COVID-19 t...

Sep 19, 2020