Canada

China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case

BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying in cases linked to Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive on U.S. charges. Chinese prosecutors said Friday that Michael Kovrig and Michael...

Jun 18, 2020

Grieving mother of daughter shot dead by police says she wants justice

VICTORIA - A grieving mother says she wants justice for her daughter, Chantel Moore, who was fatally shot by police in Edmunston, N.B., earlier this month. Martha Martin attempted to hold back he...

Jun 18, 2020

Kenney, NDP trade barbs on pitch for Alberta to quit CPP, build own pension plan

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says having the province quit the Canada Pension Plan is a massive money-losing proposition and that Premier Jason Kenney is pursuing it out of spite against his nemesi...

Jun 18, 2020

BDC ready to roll with loans for mid-sized companies hit hard by COVID-19

OTTAWA - Mid-sized Canadian businesses that are strapped for cash because of COVID-19 can now apply through their own banks to get loans of up to $60 million from the federal government. The loans, to...

Jun 18, 2020

Senate ethics committee urges censure of Tory senator over trip to China

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that a Conservative senator be censured for breaching the upper house's ethics code when he accepted an all-expenses-paid trip to China in 2...

Jun 18, 2020

Too many visitors forces B.C. to shut park on Canada-U.S. boundary

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it's overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point. The governm...

Jun 18, 2020

Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane

OTTAWA - Military investigators say the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister hit a hangar wall last year after a maintenance crew used the wrong chocks, and not enough of...

Jun 18, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:58 p.m. on June 18, 2020: There are 100,163 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,383 confirmed (incl...

Jun 18, 2020

New data shows small increase in veterans' historical risk of suicide

OTTAWA - The federal government has released updated figures showing once again that Canadian veterans are at greater risk of suicide than those who have never served in uniform. The new figures publi...

Jun 18, 2020

Border rules mean gruelling drive for Quebecers headed to Iles-de-la-Madeleine

MONTREAL - Quebecers hoping to vacation on the Iles-de-la-Madeleine learned this week they will not be able to stop in New Brunswick overnight because of restrictions on interprovincial travel. The Qu...

Jun 18, 2020