Canada

Njoo tells young people to 'party' at a distance to help keep COVID-19 down

OTTAWA - Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars an...

Jul 17, 2020

Newborn care unit at Vancouver hospital shut down by COVID-19 outbreak

VANCOUVER - A newborn intensive care unit at a Vancouver hospital is the site of the latest COVID-19 outbreak in B.C. Vancouver Coastal Health, which administers health-care services for much of ...

Jul 17, 2020

Defence wants 5 to 9 years for former nightclub employee guilty of sex assaults

EDMONTON - The defence lawyer representing a former Edmonton nightclub employee convicted of sexual assault says his client should serve between five and nine years in prison. Matthew McKnight, w...

Jul 17, 2020

Tories to seek Trudeau family's speaking records as second WE probe begins

OTTAWA - A second House of Commons committee is to begin probing the aborted deal between the federal government and WE Charity to run a massive student-volunteering program. WE gave up running t...

Jul 17, 2020

COVID-19 hastens sale of Theodore Tugboat after years touring Halifax harbour

HALIFAX - The Theodore Tugboat replica that has long been a children's favourite in the Halifax harbour is being put up for sale as COVID-19 causes a crash in tourism revenues in N...

Jul 17, 2020

Bail hearing postponed two weeks for accused in Rideau Hall gate crashing

OTTAWA - A bail hearing for the man accused of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has been delayed until the end of July while his lawyer waits to see the evidence against him. Corey Hurren, 46...

Jul 17, 2020

Morneau set to unveil long-awaited changes to emergency wage subsidy

OTTAWA - Finance Minister Bill Morneau will outline today how the federal government is reshaping its emergency wage-subsidy program that has been extended to the end of the year. The program is the h...

Jul 17, 2020

Delay in murder case was excessive under timely justice rules: Supreme Court

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has upheld a judge's decision to halt a murder case because of excessive delay, even though the accused man was long ago deported from Canada. The ruling today is ...

Jul 17, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, July 17

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on July 17, 2020: There are 109,155 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 57,001 confirmed (including 5,646 deaths, 26,097 resolved...

Jul 17, 2020

Corey Hurren, accused in Rideau Hall gate-crashing, due for court hearing in Ottawa

OTTAWA - A man accused of threatening Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and carrying guns illegally on the grounds of Rideau Hall is expected to have his bail hearing postponed later t...

Jul 17, 2020