Canada

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

Canada 'deeply concerned' by crackdown in Belarus, says Champagne

OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says Canada is "deeply concerned" by a violent crackdown following presidential elections in Belarus. Dozens of people have been inju...

Aug 10, 2020

People in small Manitoba town mourning after well-liked teens killed by tornado

MELITA, Man. - The mayor of a small southwestern Manitoba town says everyone in the community is devastated after a tornado killed two well-liked teens. Bill Holden says residents in Melita are f...

Aug 10, 2020

Windsor-Essex moving into Stage 3 of Ontario's reopening plan on Wednesday

The last region in Ontario will move to the province's final reopening stage this week, the government announced Monday, as Premier Doug Ford urged its residents to continue to exercise...

Aug 10, 2020

Liberals defend decision to have Crown corporation run COVID-19 rent program

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals are defending their decision to have the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. oversee a rent-relief program for small businesses struggling during the&nb...

Aug 10, 2020

Oilers 50/50 raffle delayed as team resolves errors, offers refunds

EDMONTON - A record-setting Edmonton Oilers 50/50 draw won't have a winner for several more days as officials work out problems with the online raffle. The community foundation says in a news rel...

Aug 10, 2020

'Clear work to do:' Lawyer named new head of embattled human rights museum

WINNIPEG - Isha Khan has spent her career upholding human rights. The Winnipeg lawyer may now be facing her most public battle as she takes the helm of a museum under fire for allegations of...

Aug 10, 2020