Canada

America's worsening COVID-19 crisis has some Canadians barring the border door

WASHINGTON - The U.S. congressman who wants a plan to ease travel restrictions at the Canada-U.S. border is taking the ensuing backlash in stride. Rep. Brian Higgins got an earful from ...

Jul 10, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, July 10

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:30 a.m. on July 10, 2020: There are 107,022 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 56,316 confirmed (including 5,612 deaths, 25,675 reso...

Jul 10, 2020

Presumptive Nunavut COVID case turns out negative after further testing

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Tests for what would have been Nunavut's first case of COVID-19 have come back negative. The territory's chief public health officer, Dr. Michael Patterson, is confirming the result...

Jul 10, 2020

Conservatives say police should be called into investigate WE charity scandal

OTTAWA - The Conservatives say they want a criminal investigation into the Liberal government's decision to have the WE organization run a $900-million program for student volunteers.Their call for po...

Jul 10, 2020

Civil servants to be compensated for Phoenix debacle, says public service union

OTTAWA - The country's biggest civil service union says its members will get lump sum payments to compensate them for the federal government's failed pay system under an agreement reached late yesterd...

Jul 10, 2020

Policing programs reinforce existing system: critics

When Alain Babineau was a police academy cadet nearly 30 years ago, the education his cohort received on diversity and racism amounted to a few basic lectures with little in terms of practical applica...

Jul 10, 2020

Amber Alert continues for missing Quebec girls, 6 and 11, and their father

LEVIS, Que. - Quebec provincial police say searches continued overnight after an Amber Alert was issued Thursday for two young girls and their 44-year-old father. Police issued the alert at aroun...

Jul 10, 2020

Canada asks British military for help flying troops to and from Latvia

OTTAWA - Canadian troops have been forced to hitch a ride with the British military to get to and from Latvia due to a shortage of working planes. Canada has 540 troops in Latvia, where they form...

Jul 10, 2020

Genetic testing and hitching a ride with the British; In The News for July 10

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 10 ... What...

Jul 10, 2020

Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality of genetic discrimination law

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada is slated to rule this morning on the constitutionality of a federal law that forbids companies from making people undergo genetic testing before buying insurance ...

Jul 10, 2020