Canada

Feds pledge COVID-19 financing help for the country's biggest companies

OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide loans and financing to the country's largest employers to help them weather the COVID-19 economic crisis. The Liberals are promising bridge financi...

May 11, 2020

Relaxing restrictions and the Cargill concern: In The News for May 11

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 11 ... --- C...

May 11, 2020

Quebec reopens some elementary schools, daycares after COVID-19 shutdowns

MONTREAL - Some Quebec children will be back in class today for the first time since March as the province reopens elementary schools and day cares outside the Montreal area. While the ...

May 11, 2020

United States increasingly concerned over pollution from B.C. mines

The U.S. government is increasingly concerned with pollution from British Columbia mines following new research that shows contaminants in a river south of the border came fro...

May 11, 2020

COVID-19 testing, contact tracing key to fending off second wave, experts say

VANCOUVER - Provinces hit hardest by COVID-19 have ramped up testing capacity as they plan to reopen their economies, but infectious disease experts say there will be recurring out...

May 11, 2020

Canadian Press NewsAlert: Partial remains of second military helicopter crash victim identified

The Department of National Defence says it's recovered and identified the partial remains of a second victim of last month's military helicopter crash in the Mediterranean Sea. A govern...

May 10, 2020

Canadian military postpones, curtails numerous overseas missions due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces is postponing the deployment of a warship and surveillance aircraft to help enforce United Nations' sanctions against North Korea because of the COVID-19 pandemic. T...

May 10, 2020

Another Cargill plant closes after COVID-19 outbreak

CHAMBLY, Que. - A Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal is closing temporarily after at least 64 workers tested positive for COVID-19, marking the second time the company has experienced an ...

May 10, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. A Cargill meat-processing plant south of Montreal is closing temporarily after at least 64 workers tested positiv...

May 10, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 10:51 a.m. ET on May 10, 2020: There are 67,996 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 36,986 confirmed (in...

May 10, 2020