Canada

Funding for long-term care needed before second wave of COVID-19: advocates

OTTAWA - With an uptick in new cases of COVID-19 in Canada sparking concerns about a second wave of the illness, advocates for seniors in long-term care say more federal support must start flowin...

Jul 22, 2020

Information czar finds numerous shortcomings at National Defence

OTTAWA - The federal information watchdog has identified several shortcomings - from inadequate training to cumbersome paper-based processes - that hamper National Defence's ability to answer for...

Jul 22, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Judge strikes down Safe Third Country Agreement

OTTAWA - A federal judge has struck down a key agreement on refugees between Canada and the United States.In a ruling today, Federal Court Justice Ann Marie McDonald says elements of the law underpinn...

Jul 22, 2020

Trudeau must look into complaints about Governor General, Singh says

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has an obligation to look into allegations that Gov. Gen. Julie Payette mistreated staff members. Singh says workplaces need t...

Jul 22, 2020

Victims of Nova Scotia mass shooting march to demand public inquiry

BIBLE HILL, N.S. - Family members of victims were joined by supporters in a march today demanding a public inquiry into the April mass shooting that left 22 people dead in Nova Scotia. About...

Jul 22, 2020

Off-duty Abbotsford, B.C.. police officer dies after trying to stop disturbance

ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A British Columbia police officer has died, six days after he intervened in a dispute while off duty and was critically injured. A statement from the Abbotsford Police Department sa...

Jul 22, 2020

Search continues in Nova Scotia for man accused of stabbing officer, police dog

BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - The search continues today around the Bridgewater, N.S., area for a man suspected of domestic assault, stabbing a police officer in the neck and later injuring a police dog. B...

Jul 22, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, July 22

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 22, 2020: There are 111,697 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,796 confirmed (including 5,658 deaths, 50,298 resol...

Jul 22, 2020

Finance Minister Bill Morneau set to testify on deal with WE Charity

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will appear today before a House of Commons committee that is probing a cancelled agreement for WE Charity to run a student-volunteer program. Morneau has apolog...

Jul 22, 2020

More on deaths of father and 2 daughters and a name change The News for July 22

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 22 ... What...

Jul 22, 2020