Canada

Being out in public is stressful in pandemic era, new survey suggests

OTTAWA - As restrictions to prevent the spread of COVID-19 persist, a new survey suggests more than half of Canadians find it stressful to venture out in public. In a web survey conducted by poll...

May 12, 2020

Ottawa examining new, existing tools to get web giants to pay up: Guilbeault

OTTAWA - The federal heritage minister says if new tools are needed to get digital giants to pay for Canadian content, they will be built. Steven Guilbeault says he is watching how other countrie...

May 12, 2020

A look at some of the Canadians who have lost their lives to COVID 19

COVID-19 has sickened tens of thousands of Canadians from coast to coast and killed thousands. "While we can start to become numb to these numbers as time goes on, each one of these individuals had a ...

May 12, 2020

Plans in motion for provinces to begin reopening amid COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Ottawa and Washington are working on plans to deal with an increase in cross-border traffic as states and provinces begin reopening. There's curre...

May 12, 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 12, 2020: There are 69,981 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 38,469 confirmed (includ...

May 12, 2020

Archaic paper records submitted by fax hold up real-time COVID-19 data

OTTAWA - Health research experts say the archaic way Canada records deaths means the country could be missing out on data important to addressing the COVID-19 crisis. When someone dies in Ca...

May 12, 2020

Probe ends into Manitoba Mountie's hunting accident; officer refused interview

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's police watchdog says an investigation into an off-duty Mountie who reportedly shot himself in the foot while goose hunting has ended because of a lack of informati...

May 11, 2020

Victoria mayor says city prepares to create open spaces for restaurant recovery

Victoria's mayor says she wants to give the city's restaurants, pubs and retailers more space to reopen successfully with a plan that could expand outdoor patios to sidewalks, park...

May 11, 2020

Veterans ombudsman calls it quits after 18 months

OTTAWA - Veterans ombudsman Craig Dalton is calling it quits after only 18 months on the job. The federal government announced Dalton's departure this afternoon, saying the former army officer who too...

May 11, 2020

Increased border traffic likely as Canada, U.S. economies reopen: Freeland

OTTAWA - Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada and the U.S. are working on plans to deal with what she calls an inevitable increase in cross-border traffic as economies in both countries...

May 11, 2020