Canada

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. on June 17, 2020: There are 99,467 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,146 confirmed (includin...

Jun 17, 2020

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

Provinces 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: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

Jun 17, 2020

Last survivor of 1958 disaster won't let COVID-19 stop him from honouring dead

VANCOUVER - A sunny afternoon instantly turned dark for Lucien Lessard on June 17, 1958, as he plunged into the ocean when a support collapsed on a bridge being constructed between Vanc...

Jun 17, 2020

Mayor wants changes to prison-transfer system after alleged murder by escapees

METCHOSIN, B.C. - The mayor of a Vancouver Island community where two inmates are accused of murdering a man after they escaped from a minimum-security prison says they never should hav...

Jun 17, 2020

Bank of Canada has no immediate intentions to raise interest rates, Macklem says

OTTAWA - Canada's new top central banker says the Bank of Canada has no intention to raise interest rates given the current economic circumstances created by the COVID-19 pandemic. Governor Tiff Mackl...

Jun 16, 2020

Metis minister 'revolted' by police brutality against Indigenous People

OTTAWA - Northern Affairs Minister Dan Vandal says he has been revolted by recent videotaped examples of "police brutality" against Indigenous People in Canada. Vandal, who is Meti...

Jun 16, 2020

Provinces want flexibility on using $14B in federal transfer funds: Moe

REGINA - Saskatchewan's premier says he and other provincial leaders have asked Ottawa for more flexibility on $14 billion in transfer funds to help people returning to work during the COVID-19 pandem...

Jun 16, 2020

5 things to know about Quebec watchdog probing N.B. police shootings

MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog, the Bureau des enquetes independantes, is investigating two recent police shootings of Indigenous people in New Brunswick. On June 4, 26-year-old Chantel Moore was...

Jun 16, 2020

Conviction was quashed: Manitoba man seeks $16M-plus for 23 years in prison

WINNIPEG - A Manitoba man who spent 23 years in prison before his first-degree murder conviction was overturned is suing the federal government, the City of Winnipeg and others. Frank Ostrowski is see...

Jun 16, 2020

B.C. report says condo insurance market 'unhealthy,' premiums up 40 per cent

VANCOUVER - A report commissioned by the B.C. government says insurance premiums for condominium buildings have increased by as much as 40 per cent year over year while deductible costs...

Jun 16, 2020