Canada

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 12, 2020

Bosnian-Canadians mark 25th anniversary of Srebrenica massacre

Mirela Hodzic Sivic's mother has told her stories about her father, but she doesn't have her own. Those memories were lost in the carnage of the Srebrenica massacre that claimed his life a quarter of ...

Jul 11, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, July 11

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. on July 11, 2020: There are 107,125 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,316 confirmed (including 5,612 deaths, 25,675 resol...

Jul 11, 2020

Local residents honk horns, wave flags to mark 30th anniversary of Oka crisis

KANESATAKE, Que. - Rolling convoys are marking the 30th anniversary of the Oka crisis today in Mohawk communities near Montreal. Thirty years ago today, on July 11, 1990, Quebec provincial police move...

Jul 11, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID 19 shutdown

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundla...

Jul 11, 2020

How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...

Jul 11, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from the COVID 19 shutdown

Provinces and territories have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundla...

Jul 11, 2020

Quebec police continue to search for missing girls, 6 and 11, and their father

SAINT-APOLLINAIRE, Que. - Police are still searching for two Quebec girls and their father in a suburb of Quebec City, after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday. The search for Romy Carpentier, 6, Nora...

Jul 11, 2020

Pedestrian-only downtown a hit with residents as St. John's adapts to pandemic

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The City of St. John's has closed its main downtown street to vehicles this summer, a popular move among residents and business owners. Hundreds of people were out on Water Street i...

Jul 11, 2020

How Conservative leadership hopefuls would address the WE scandal if they win

OTTAWA - Conservative MPs said Friday their party doesn't want to bring down the government over the latest ethics scandal ensnaring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Current leader Andrew Scheer is in h...

Jul 11, 2020