Category Archives: Canada

Additional aid for Lebanon recognizes political, economic challenges: Gould
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould says Canada's decision to increase its humanitarian aid to Lebanon recognizes the country already faced significant turmoil before last we...
Aug 11, 2020

Former N.S. teacher sentenced to 15 years for decades-old child sex assaults
HALIFAX - A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has sentenced a former teacher and hockey coach to 15 years in prison for sexually abusing boys in incidents dating back several decades. In passing the sen...
Aug 11, 2020

Quebec rights body says failures in child protection system preceded girl's death
MONTREAL - An investigation by Quebec's human rights commission into the death of a seven-year-old girl in Granby, Que., has identified failures at all stages of the clinical and legal ...
Aug 11, 2020

Charges likely in fatal attack at central Alberta medical clinic: RCMP
RED DEER, Alta. - Mounties say they anticipate charges will be laid after a man was killed in a violent attack at a medical clinic in central Alberta yesterday. A witness told media outlets that it wa...
Aug 11, 2020

Ministers face grilling over WE affair and a cow chase: In The News for Aug. 11
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 Aug. 11. What we are watching in Canada ... Tw...
Aug 11, 2020

Over half of Americans oppose Trump tariff on Canadian aluminum, survey suggests
OTTAWA - A new opinion survey suggests Donald Trump's recent decision to slap a tariff on Canadian raw aluminum is garnering poor reviews on both sides of the border. In a web survey conduct...
Aug 11, 2020

Police investigating after insults, expletives yelled at federal minister's staff
Ottawa police are investigating after someone yelled obscenities at a member of federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna's staff, video of which was posted to social media. A 90-second v...
Aug 10, 2020

'Horrific:' Witness says Alberta doctor slain while working in medical clinic
RED DEER, Alta. - A witness to a fatal attack at a central Alberta medical clinic says the victim was her family doctor. The assault happened at the Village Mall Walk-In Clinic in ...
Aug 10, 2020

Judge grants stay to Quebec English school boards as legal challenge plays out
MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has granted a stay to English school boards challenging a provincial government law abolishing them, pending the outcome of a legal challenge on it...
Aug 10, 2020

Ottawa sets minimum unemployment rate at 13.1 per cent for EI calculation
OTTAWA - The federal government has temporarily set a minimum unemployment rate of 13.1 per cent to calculate employment insurance benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic. Those people living in regions...
Aug 10, 2020