Canada

Provinces crack down on distancing as COVID-19 cases soar across much of Canada

Several provinces are imposing tougher measures in a bid to tackle a rapid increase in new COVID-19 cases. Quebec has announced a blitz to enforce public health rules, saying they'll send of...

Sep 18, 2020

Design of post-CERB benefits could change as pandemic shifts course, minister says

OTTAWA - The federal minister overseeing key aid programs for workers during the pandemic says there could still be changes to a proposed package of income-support benefits as the country faces renewe...

Sep 18, 2020

Partial closure of Canada-U.S. border extended to Oct. 21

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the partial closure of the border with the United States is being extended another month, to Oct. 21. Crossings of the border have been largely restrict...

Sep 18, 2020

Students anxious for more time as federal loan repayment freeze winds down

As the six-month freeze on federal student loan payments nears its end, students are calling for an extension of the measure they say offered relief from the financial pressures of the pandemic. Bryn ...

Sep 18, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Bloc leader Blanchet tests positive for COVID-19

OTTAWA - Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet has tested positive for COVID-19, the party says. His wife said earlier this week she had tested positive. Blanchet was already in self-isolation ...

Sep 18, 2020

Silver lining? Cases of infectious diseases plunge amid anti-COVID measures

TORONTO - Lockdowns and other tough measures implemented to fight the COVID-19 pandemic have led to a dramatic decline in other infectious illnesses such as influenza and sexually transmitte...

Sep 18, 2020

Partial closure of Canada-U.S. border extended to Oct. 21

OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says the partial closure of the border with the United States is being extended another month, to Oct. 21. Crossings of the border have been largely restrict...

Sep 18, 2020

Singh blasts Trudeau, O'Toole for helping big business, super-rich during pandemic

OTTAWA - New Democrat Leader Jagmeet Singh is accusing his Liberal and Conservative counterparts of doing the bidding of big business during the pandemic. Singh takes the swipe at Prime Minister Justi...

Sep 18, 2020

Case against man accused of threatening PM in Rideau Hall incident put off again

OTTAWA - A Manitoba man accused of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an incident at Rideau Hall has had his case put off until Oct. 16. Corey Hurren is accused of ramming his truck through ...

Sep 18, 2020

Man to be sentenced in gas-and-dash death of Alberta gas station owner

WETASKIWIN, Alta. - A man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter after an Alberta gas station owner was killed in a gas-and-dash is to be sentenced today in the Court of Queen's Bench. Mitchell Robert Syd...

Sep 18, 2020