Canada

Next Conservative leader will inherit party on a solid footing: Scheer

OTTAWA - Outgoing Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says whomever replaces him will inherit a party in a strong position. Scheer's time at the top of the Tories is coming slowly to an end, with his pa...

May 15, 2020

Parliament must resume to guide recovery, Conservative Leader Scheer says

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is renewing his call for Parliament to find a new normal that looks more like the old normal. The Opposition chief says as the country begins a slow recovery...

May 15, 2020

Dalhousie law professors ask premier to launch public inquiry into mass shooting

HALIFAX - More than 30 faculty members at Dalhousie University's law school have signed a letter urging Nova Scotia's premier to call an independent public inquiry into the shooting rampage ...

May 15, 2020

Walkerton 20 years on: A lingering tinge of grief amid community pride

TORONTO - As the May long weekend approached 20 years ago, an invisible killer began stalking the unsuspecting town of Walkerton, Ont., preparing to unleash an epidemic that would damage or destroy ma...

May 15, 2020

Islamic call to prayer being heard for the first time across Canada

OTTAWA - The Al Rashid Mosque has stood in Edmonton since 1938, but no one there today can remember ever hearing the daily call to prayer ring out through the loudspeakers. Usually the musical ch...

May 15, 2020

'Complicated' grief during pandemic has group calling for federal funding

Entertaining people with his stories, jokes and musical talents on multiple instruments like the drums, saxophone and keyboards made Gord Kudlak a magnet for a large community...

May 15, 2020

Emergency wage subsidy and the long-term effect of grief; In The News for May 15

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 May 15 ... --- C...

May 15, 2020

Burgers, ice cream, doughnuts and plants: Queues forming for non-essential items

Long lines of people waiting to get into big-box and grocery stores were an early phenomenon of the COVID-19 pandemic. Another type of queue has emerged and it's not for toile...

May 15, 2020

PM to announce extension of wage subsidy, financial aid for medical researchers

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce today an extension to the federal government's 75 per cent emergency wage subsidy - just as businesses across the country are t...

May 15, 2020

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. ET on May 15, 2020: There are 73,401 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 40,724 confirmed (i...

May 15, 2020