Canada

Senate meets to vote on bill on wage subsidy, disability payments for COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Senate is meeting today to vote on extending the federal government's emergency wage subsidy for employers hit hard by COVID-19. The package passed by the House of Commons last week also ...

Jul 27, 2020

PQ member for Gaspe calls for money, police after tourists descend on region

QUEBEC - A member of the Quebec legislature representing the popular tourist region of Gaspe is calling on the province to send police and money to help locals deal with rowdy vacationers. Megann...

Jul 27, 2020

Senator urges Ottawa to support Canadian vaccine company awaiting funding

OTTAWA - An Alberta senator is urging Ottawa to fund a Canadian company so it can develop a domestic COVID-19 vaccine to lessen the risk Canadians will have wait in a line for a foreign-made pandemic ...

Jul 27, 2020

Commons finance committee to hash out details of Trudeau testimony on WE deal

OTTAWA - Members of the House of Commons finance committee will meet this afternoon to figure out the details of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's planned testimony. Trudeau and his chief of staff Katie...

Jul 27, 2020

Halifax rally hopes to increase pressure for public inquiry into April massacre

HALIFAX - People are gathering at a Halifax park today to demand a public inquiry into the Nova Scotia mass shootings. The gathering at Victoria Park comes less than...

Jul 27, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, July 27

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on July 27, 2020: There are 113,913 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 58,583 confirmed (including 5,667 deaths, 50,812 resol...

Jul 27, 2020

Demanding a massacre inquiry and teddy come back:In The News for July 27

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 July 27. What we are watching in Canada ... HA...

Jul 27, 2020

Vancouver woman pleads for return of stolen teddy bear with late mother's voice

VANCOUVER - "I love you, I'm proud of you, I'll always be with you." Those are the words Vancouver resident Mara Soriano would hear in the voice of her mother, who died last year, when she p...

Jul 26, 2020

Admiral lashes out at 'hateful' comments as Navy looks to drop 'seaman'

OTTAWA - The deputy commander of the Royal Canadian Navy says there is no place in the force for sailors who subscribe to what he describes as "hateful, misogynistic and racist" beliefs. Rear-Admiral ...

Jul 26, 2020

RCMP arrest man accused of stabbing police officer in neck after days-long search

postBRIDGEWATER, N.S. - Nova Scotia police say a call about an attempted stolen vehicle Saturday night helped locate a man who had been on the lam for nearly a week after he allegedly tried to kill a ...

Jul 26, 2020