Canada

Northern schools face additional challenges for reopening — and staying closed

Teachers in Ontario's northern school boards are sounding the alarm about back-to-school plans, saying the region's vast geography and sparse population present challenges not considered in ...

Jul 13, 2020

Crown trying to attack credibility of former Quebec TV star in sex-assault trial

MONTREAL - The Crown is asking a Quebec court judge to admit new evidence in the sexual assault trial of former television star Eric Salvail that it says indicates he gave a false ...

Jul 13, 2020

Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic until December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The program is the...

Jul 13, 2020

Federal wage subsidy to be extended to December, Trudeau says

OTTAWA - The federal government is extending its program to subsidize wages in companies hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic until December, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday. The program is the...

Jul 13, 2020

Genetic detectives begin work to trace spread of COVID-19 in Canada

OTTAWA - Canada's public health experts have been racing to stop the spread of COVID-19 by trying to figure out how everyone is getting it, and whom they might have given it to. But even the best effo...

Jul 13, 2020

Sentries return to National War Memorial as COVID-19 threat recedes

OTTAWA - Military sentries are returning to their spots in front of the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the threat posed by COVID-19 appears to be receding. The Canadian Armed...

Jul 13, 2020

Return of North American economy will negate need for tariffs, PM tells Trump

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says as the North American economy gets back up to speed, Canada's aluminum production is returning to normal, undercutting the argument for American tariffs...

Jul 13, 2020

8 positive tests: Four sites in Kelowna, B.C., now linked to COVID-19 exposures

KELOWNA, B.C. - Health officials are monitoring several cases of COVID-19 exposure in Kelowna, B.C., and say they've identified two more locations where people may have contracted the r...

Jul 13, 2020

Deputy Conservative leader Leona Alleslev steps aside ahead of leadership vote

OTTAWA - Toronto-area MP Leona Alleslev has resigned as deputy leader of the Conservative party in the waning weeks of its leadership contest. Alleslev says she wants to engage more fully in the race ...

Jul 13, 2020

Quebec man facing genocide charge linked to alleged threats against Trudeau, Muslims

MONTREAL - A Quebec man charged last December in connection with alleged online threats against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Muslims is facing two new charges. The RCMP said&n...

Jul 13, 2020