Category Archives: Canada

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Peter MacKay leading after first ballot in Conservative leadership race
OTTAWA - Peter MacKay is leading after the first round in the federal Conservative leadership race. Derek Sloan's name will now be dropped off the ballot and his supporters' votes recounted. More comi...
Aug 23, 2020

Pandemic turns Toronto rental market upside down, hands power to tenants
TORONTO - Landlords are lining up to sign Rees Nam and their partner as tenants, even though the two have already found an apartment in Toronto - a far cry from when Nam was last on the hunt...
Aug 23, 2020

Compensation talks for victims of downed jetliner to start in October: Iran
OTTAWA - The head of Iran's civil aviation organization says his government will launch compensation talks in October with Canada and other countries that lost citizens when the Iranian military shot ...
Aug 23, 2020

Penticton, B.C. fire has seen 'minimal' growth, but concern over its next move
PENTICTON, B.C. - The B.C. Wildfire Service says a fire burning south of Penticton, B.C. has seen "minimal" growth over the weekend, but it's starting to spread southeast. The Saturday eveni...
Aug 23, 2020

A quick look at the four federal Conservative leadership candidates
OTTAWA - Four candidates are in the running for leadership of the federal Conservative party, and a winner will be announced Sunday night. Here's a quick look at who they are, in alphabetical order: L...
Aug 23, 2020

Foreign minister to tour Beirut aid efforts on first overseas trip since COVID
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne is heading to Lebanon this week to get a firsthand look at the devastation caused by this month's deadly explosions in Beirut. The visit w...
Aug 23, 2020

Canadian intelligence assessments of Saddam's Iraq got it right, new paper says
OTTAWA - A new research paper says Canadian intelligence assessments on Iraq were generally accurate in the run-up to the U.S.-led invasion of 2003 - unlike reports produced in Was...
Aug 23, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Aug. 23
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:42 a.m. on Aug. 23, 2020: There are 124,821 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,673 confirmed (including 5,740 deaths, 54,682 reso...
Aug 23, 2020

'Happy that I'm alive:' Survivor recalls deadly Manitoba tornado hitting Jeep
VIRDEN, Man. - James Blacksmith closes his eyes and goes back to the moment he saw a pine tree viciously uprooted from the earth and topple onto his Jeep's roof. Within seconds, the windows burst from...
Aug 23, 2020

As Freeland takes finance job, crisis will dictate spending plans, experts say
OTTAWA - Perrin Beatty was on his way home from the office when his phone rang. It was Chrystia Freeland, who 24 hours earlier had become Canada's finance minister. For the president of the Canadian C...
Aug 23, 2020