Canada

New moms told go work to get EI parental benefits after jobs lost to COVID-19

OTTAWA - Alexis Adams is joyful about the arrival of her third daughter but she is also concerned about how to pay for another maternity leave that is, like her daughter, barely a week old. Adams lost...

Jun 08, 2020

Military helicopter did not respond as expected before crash: investigators

OTTAWA - Flight investigators have determined the military helicopter that crashed off the coast of Greece in April did not respond as the crew on board expected before going down into the Mediterrane...

Jun 08, 2020

U.S. border rules loosening to allow family reunifications: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the ban on non-essential crossings of the U.S.-Canada border is being loosened slightly to allow some families to reunite. Rules still require anyone enteri...

Jun 08, 2020

Alberta First Nations appeal suspension of environmental monitoring in oilpatch

EDMONTON - Three northern Alberta First Nations want to appeal the province's decision to suspend environmental monitoring in the oilpatch. The Mikisew Cree First Nation, the Fort McKay First Nat...

Jun 08, 2020

Trudeau's attendance at protest confusing in COVID-19 era, Scheer says

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he can understand if Canadians are upset about the prime minister's appearance at an anti-racism rally. Justin Trudeau and several cabinet ministers att...

Jun 08, 2020

Scheer says no to calls to defund RCMP, but its needs to better on racism

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says removing funding from the RCMP because of allegations of racism and brutality won't make Canadians any safer. He says the RCMP and other police forces n...

Jun 08, 2020

Possible motivation and the street protests continue; In The News for June 8

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 8 ... --- W...

Jun 08, 2020

Seeking to explain Nova Scotia shootings: Inside the 'threat-sensitive brain'

HALIFAX - More than seven weeks after a man disguised as a Mountie killed 22 people in rural Nova Scotia, the RCMP have finally hinted at what may have motivated one of the worst mass killin...

Jun 08, 2020

'More and more claims:' Pandemic lawsuits could tie up courts for years

CALGARY - Lawsuits involving seniors homes, airlines, universities and ticket providers affected by COVID-19 could tie up Canadian courts for years, says a litigation lawyer. Michael Smith, a partner ...

Jun 07, 2020

Chantel Moore's family plan healing ceremonies, will seek answers during N.B. trip

FREDERICTON - Ten family members of a 26-year-old Indigenous woman who was fatally shot by police in Edmundston, N.B., are travelling across the country from British Columbia to offer support to her m...

Jun 07, 2020