Canada

Police in Nova Scotia investigate fatal dog attack northeast of Halifax

MIDDLE MUSQUODOBOIT, N.S. - A local politician says the woman killed by a dog in a rural community northeast of Halifax was the owner of the animal. Coun. Steve Streatch, who represents the&...

Jun 09, 2020

Reopenings and protests have Americans bracing for second wave of COVID-19

WASHINGTON - A new poll suggests Americans are more convinced than Canadians are that a second, more powerful wave of COVID-19 is on its way. The online poll by Leger and the Association of ...

Jun 09, 2020

Feds commit $8.9M in foreign aid for reproductive health services amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - Canada is dedicating $8.9 million in new international aid to ensure women and girls around the world have safe access to abortion and reproductive health services during the C...

Jun 09, 2020

Singh says NDP won't support Liberal bill that would jail, fine CERB fraudsters

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says it is irresponsible and wrong-headed for the Liberal government to draft a bill that would fine or imprison people who made fraudulent claims under the Canada Em...

Jun 09, 2020

Humpback whale that thrilled crowds in Montreal reported dead in St. Lawrence

MONTREAL - A whale research group says a wayward humpback whale that had captivated crowds in the Montreal area in recent days appears to have been found dead. The Group for Research and Edu...

Jun 09, 2020

More funding freed up for organizations working on food security

OTTAWA - The federal government is spending more money to help food banks and other community organizations working to increase food security. Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau announced t...

Jun 09, 2020

B.C., Ontario shipyards team up to win multibillion-dollar icebreaker contract

OTTAWA - Canada's sharply divided shipbuilding industry was dealt a surprise this morning as two competing yards announced plans to team up to win a multibillion-dollar contract to build a new polar i...

Jun 09, 2020

Floyd mourned and U.S. not investigating Prince Andrew; In The News for June 9

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 June 9 ... --- C...

Jun 09, 2020

Cautious Canadians increasingly wearing masks, fear second wave of COVID: Poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests Canadians are increasingly wearing protective face masks as they emerge from months of isolating at home to curb the spread of COVID-19. And it suggests that fear of a sec...

Jun 09, 2020

Hubert Gagnon, who played Homer Simpson in Quebec version of show, dies at 73

MONTREAL - For generations of Quebec viewers, the bumbling, doughnut-loving cartoon dad Homer Simpson didn't speak with the American accent of voice actor Dan Castellaneta, but rather the&nb...

Jun 08, 2020