Canada

Tory leader says won't touch Quebec secularism law, supports Bill 101 expansion

MONTREAL - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Quebec's secularism law and the independence of its legislature should be respected. The Tory leader made the comments today, following a meeting with ...

Sep 14, 2020

Cable of Sea to Sky Gondola near Squamish, B.C., cut again, causing major damage

SQUAMISH, B.C. - The operators of a popular tourist gondola near Squamish, B.C., say the cable of the ride has been severed for the second time. Squamish RCMP say the damage to the Sea to Sk...

Sep 14, 2020

Canada hopes to avert new U.S. tariff war, but stands ready to fire: Champagne

WASHINGTON - Canada's foreign affairs minister says the federal government is still trying to cool its dispute with the United States over aluminum exports, but remains poised to retaliate if nec...

Sep 14, 2020

U.S. wildfire smoke blankets B.C., wafts east to Alberta, affecting air quality

VANCOUVER - Environment Canada says air quality advisories posted across most of British Columbia since last week should spread east across Alberta due to wildfire smoke from ...

Sep 14, 2020

Cabinet retreat and New Brunswick election: In The News for Sept. 14

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 Sept. 14. What we are watching in Canada ... O...

Sep 14, 2020

Trudeau cabinet meets to discuss rebuilding amid rising number of COVID-19 cases

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will convene his cabinet ministers for two days of closed-door meetings starting Monday as a rising number of new COVID-19 cases threatens to pull the Liberals' ...

Sep 14, 2020

'This year has been tough:' Election day in N.B., in the middle of a pandemic

FREDERICTON - Voters in New Brunswick head to the polls today after a brief provincial election campaign notable for the unusual steps candidates had to take to deal with the COVID...

Sep 14, 2020

Man accused of killing Alberta doctor back in court after psychiatric exam

RED DEER, Alta. - A man accused of killing a family doctor at a medical clinic in central Alberta is scheduled to return to court today following a psychiatric exam. Deng Mabiour is charged with first...

Sep 14, 2020

Judge drops by protest camp at Saskatchewan legislature that he ruled on last week

REGINA - A Saskatchewan judge who ruled a Metis man could stay on the lawn of the provincial legislature to finish his hunger strike against high suicide rates visited the protester Sunday as the...

Sep 13, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 13

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:03 p.m. EDT on Sept. 13, 2020: There are 136,659 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 64,986 confirmed (including 5,780 deaths, 57,268 ...

Sep 13, 2020