Category Archives: Canada

Feds should invest $50B in green projects for post-pandemic stimulus: experts
OTTAWA - When the time comes for Canada to turn its attention to post-pandemic stimulus, a group of finance and policy experts says Ottawa needs to invest heavily in green infrastructure projects...
Jul 22, 2020

Feds relax fingerprinting rules when screening new hires during COVID-19
OTTAWA - The government has quietly relaxed a requirement to fingerprint prospective new federal hires as part of security screening, a move prompted by the need for physical distancing. The...
Jul 22, 2020

Toronto prepares to mark second anniversary of deadly Danforth shooting
TORONTO - The City of Toronto is preparing to mark a sombre anniversary, two years to the day after a deadly shooting in the city's Greektown neighbourhood. A gunman opened fire along a busy...
Jul 22, 2020

Police to provide update on case of father, sisters found dead near Quebec City
MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police will hold a news conference later today to shed light on the circumstances surrounding the deaths of two young sisters and their father in St-Apollinaire, sout...
Jul 22, 2020

Hoax call diverted resources during struggle to adapt to COVID-19: care home
VANCOUVER - A long-term care home in North Vancouver that was the site of Canada's first COVID-19 death says it received a hoax call as the outbreak began that created "needless fear" a...
Jul 21, 2020

What's in the latest COVID-19 response bill passed by the House of Commons?
OTTAWA - Though the politics of Parliament Tuesday were largely focused on a controversy around how the Liberals handled a contract for a student grant program, MPs also passed a new piece of legislat...
Jul 21, 2020

'Seatbelts would have changed everything,' says boyfriend of bus crash victim
EDMONTON - The boyfriend of a woman killed when the sightseeing bus the couple was on rolled in the Rocky Mountains believes she would still be alive had passengers been wearing se...
Jul 21, 2020

Hearings begin for ex-Quebec deputy premier's request for stay of fraud charges
QUEBEC - Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and her co-accused are asking a court for a stay of procedures on corruption-related charges. The former Liberal politician and...
Jul 21, 2020

Manhunt underway in Nova Scotia for suspect accused of stabbing police officer
BRIDGEWATER, N.S. - A manhunt is underway in Bridgewater, N.S., for a suspect accused of domestic assault and stabbing a police officer in the neck. Bridgewater police and the RCMP are searching ...
Jul 21, 2020

New COVID-19 outbreaks among young adults spark concern about bars, restaurants
OTTAWA - New outbreaks of COVID-19 across the country are sparking concern about what impact these clusters of new cases could have on the ongoing easing of pandemic restrictions. Ontario is rep...
Jul 21, 2020