Canada

Compared to U.S., Canada no saint either on Indigenous rights, racism: experts

WASHINGTON - As one of America's most familiar sports franchises finally confronts its controversial identity, experts warn against assuming Canada is farther along than the United States in...

Jul 16, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, July 16

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on July 16, 2020: There are 108,829 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,859 confirmed (including 5,636 deaths, 26,097 resol...

Jul 16, 2020

'They haven't even apologized,' says mother of man killed by police after calling 911

TORONTO - The silence inside the Campbells' home west of Toronto has grown like a cancer in the weeks since April 6. That's when D'Andre Campbell, one of six siblings who live in the Brampton, On...

Jul 16, 2020

WE charity probe and Colville painting shatters record; In The News for July 16

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 16 ... What...

Jul 16, 2020

Commons finance committee to begin probing WE Charity's volunteering contract

OTTAWA - The first of multiple parliamentary investigations of the federal government's aborted deal with WE Charity to run a volunteering program begins this afternoon. The House of Commons finance c...

Jul 16, 2020

WE Charity restructuring operations after being centre of sole-sourced contract

TORONTO - WE Charity is restructuring its operations weeks after its sole-sourced contract with the government shone a spotlight on the organization at the centre of an ethics investigation of the pri...

Jul 15, 2020

Alberta Mountie gets probation for in-custody assault on Indigenous man

HIGH PRAIRIE, Alta. - A Mountie has been given 15 months probation for assaulting an Indigenous man shortly after his arrest in northern Alberta. A judge convicted Const. Licio Soares, an ei...

Jul 15, 2020

Huawei hopeful it can provide 5G to Canada despite, Trump, Five Eyes pressure

OTTAWA - Huawei Canada says it is collateral damage in the Trump administration's trade war with China and remains hopeful that it might still be able to sell next-generation internet equipment to Can...

Jul 15, 2020

Feds urged to do own review of proposed Alberta coal mine expansion

OTTAWA - A lawyer at the centre of a lobbying effort to stop a coal mine from expanding in Alberta says the federal government's refusal to do its own environmental review of the project is ...

Jul 15, 2020

Charities awaiting word on fate of $912M student-volunteer program

OTTAWA - Non-profit groups that wanted to use Canada Student Services Grant to hire volunteers say they have not heard a peep from the federal government since WE Charity walked away from managing the...

Jul 15, 2020