Canada

Trudeau sees travel between PM's 'cottages' as trips between work and home

OTTAWA - While Canadians are being counselled to avoid travelling to their cottages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau is expected to spend the first long weeke...

May 16, 2020

Overdoses 'sadly normalized' in British Columbia: addictions minister

VANCOUVER - A rising death toll from overdoses in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic has advocates, government officials and health-care workers concerned about a public health emergency that has been&...

May 16, 2020

'One Tough Cookie:' Young survivor of Saskatchewan mass killing getting better

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The family of a Saskatchewan couple and their grandson, who were slain in their home nearly seven weeks ago, say the surviving granddaughter is doing well in hospital. In a...

May 15, 2020

Pandemic to push back new climate targets, plastics ban, Wilkinson says

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says plans to beef up Canada's national climate action plan and ban some single-use plastics will likely be delayed because of COVID-19. Wilkinson tell...

May 15, 2020

Freeland won't say if U.S. wants border agreement extended beyond June 21

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are both "very comfortable" with their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland won't say if the...

May 15, 2020

Immigration will be key in post-pandemic era: Liberal Minister Mendicino

OTTAWA - Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says bringing newcomers to Canada will be essential in the post-pandemic era. But he says the health and safety of Canadians must be&nbs...

May 15, 2020

Five Forces members catch COVID-19 on deployment in long-term care homes

OTTAWA - The Canadian Forces say five members working in long-term care homes during the COVID-19 pandemic have tested positive for the illness. Four of them are in Quebec and one is in Ontario. ...

May 15, 2020

From potato salad to fireworks: how COVID-19 disruptions affect Victoria Day

OTTAWA - The Victoria Day weekend has long been the unofficial kick-off to outdoor season in Canada. But the COVID-19 pandemic has upended nearly every element of Canadian life, as physical ...

May 15, 2020

Ottawa ready to help co-ordinate provincial testing, contact tracing: Trudeau

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says provinces looking to reopen their economies will need to massively scale up and co-ordinate testing and contact tracing to contain future outbreaks of COVID...

May 15, 2020

Premier Ford releases 'Cooking with Doug' video of cherry cheesecake recipe

TORONTO - Ontario's premier has released a "Cooking with Doug" video showing how he makes cherry cheesecake. On a tangent during a news conference this week, Doug Ford boasted about making the best ch...

May 15, 2020