Canada

Northern Saskatchewan leaders want COVID checkpoint confusion sorted out

REGINA - Leaders in northwestern Saskatchewan are asking the province to clear up confusion about checkpoints that are restricting travel in the region during the COVID-19 pandemic. &nb...

May 11, 2020

As U.S. reopening barrels along, 'invisible enemy' infiltrates White House

WASHINGTON - Donald Trump's "invisible enemy" has made its way to the West Wing, where it threatens not only the health of people working inside the White House but the president's own post-pandemic r...

May 11, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 11:08 a.m. on May 11, 2020: There are 69,157 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 37,721 confirmed (inclu...

May 11, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:45 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will continue to push for caution in terms of liftin...

May 11, 2020

One of two Quebec Liberal leadership candidates drops out, citing lack of money

MONTREAL - One of only two leadership contenders for the Quebec Liberal Party is dropping out of the race. Alexandre Cusson, the former mayor of Drummondville, Que., announced today that the race...

May 11, 2020

More COVID-19 restrictions being lifted across the country

Some Quebec schools were reopening and more Ontario retailers were offering curbside pickup on Monday as Ottawa promised to help some of the country's biggest employers stay afloat during th...

May 11, 2020

Police-escorted motorcade to accompany remains of helicopter crash victim

HALIFAX - The remains of Sub-Lt. Abbigail Cowbrough, a Royal Canadian Navy sailor killed last month in a helicopter crash off the coast of Greece, were expected to arrive in Halifax on ...

May 11, 2020

'Heavy handed' approach would force inspectors into infected plants: Union

OTTAWA - Canada's Agriculture Union says the Canadian Food Inspection Agency will order non-meat inspectors into meat plants under threat of discipline. The union says the agency is ins...

May 11, 2020

Scheer backs Liberal Taiwan push at WHO as move long advocated by Conservatives

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is backing the Liberal government's efforts to include Taiwan in the World Health Organization discussions on COVID-19, a position that China opposes. But Sc...

May 11, 2020

Nova Scotia mass killer's semi-automatic guns believed to have come from U.S.

HALIFAX - The RCMP says three of the four semi-automatic weapons used by a gunman during last month's mass shooting in Nova Scotia are believed to have come from the Unit...

May 11, 2020