Canada

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

Civil servants to resume talks with federal government in the midst of COVID-19

OTTAWA - Contract talks are expected to resume next week for about 70,000 federal government employees, many of whom have been delivering emergency financial aid to millions of Canadians during the CO...

Jun 18, 2020

New Brunswick legislators defeat controversial mandatory vaccination bill

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick legislators have voted down a controversial bill that would have made vaccinations mandatory for children in the province's schools and d...

Jun 18, 2020

Pandemic-related changes to court system might become permanent: top judge

OTTAWA - Canada's top judge says some of the innovations that courts have embraced during the COVID-19 pandemic might become permanent. At a news conference today, Supreme Court Chief Justic...

Jun 18, 2020

N.S. allows 10-person gatherings, aims to reopen to other Canadians in mid-July

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia is allowing people to gather in groups of up to 10, as the province has gone nine days without any fresh cases of COVID-19. The announcement by Premier Stephen McN...

Jun 18, 2020