Canada

Outside police agency to review how officers handled run-in with costumed worker

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - An outside police agency is to investigate the actions of officers who forced a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars'' storm-trooper costume to the ground in southern A...

May 08, 2020

Despite jarring jobs numbers, Canada, U.S. charting different courses

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says it's a fundamental principle of life in Canada that no one should have to go to work if they don't feel safe doing so. Trudeau made the comments today a...

May 08, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:30 a.m. The federal government's emergency wage-subsidy program will be extended beyond its early-June endpoint. The p...

May 08, 2020

Nova Scotia families seek to certify class action against mass killer's estate

HALIFAX - A lawyer representing families of victims of a Nova Scotia mass shooting in a potential class action lawsuit says his clients are hoping to gain "a form of justice" ...

May 08, 2020

Former N.S. guard faces 13 charges including sex assaults at women's prison

TRURO, N.S. - A year-long police investigation has resulted in 13 criminal charges against a former correctional officer whose alleged assaults of inmates at a federal prison for women in Nova Scotia ...

May 08, 2020

NewsAlert: Statistics Canada says nearly two million jobs lost in April

OTTAWA - The Canadian economy lost almost two million jobs in April, a record high, as the closure of non-essential services to slow the spread of COVID-19 devastated the economy and forced busin...

May 08, 2020

Jobless numbers to be released and return of 'Hamilton'; In The News for May 8

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 8 ... --- CO...

May 08, 2020

Pandemic causing 'unprecedented' threat to beef and pork producers: industry

Canadian livestock groups say producers are suffering since COVID-19 outbreaks have caused closures and slowdowns at meat-processing plants across the country. A backlog of animals...

May 08, 2020

Shutdown of tent cities a chance to change housing policy, advocates say

VANCOUVER - T.J. Lovell had just 30 minutes to pack up his belongings from the tent city in Oppenheimer Park if he wanted access to a hotel room that he could share with his father. Lovell, who c...

May 08, 2020

Adequacy of federal emergency aid measures to be tested by jobless numbers

OTTAWA - The adequacy of federal emergency benefits to help Canadians weather the COVID-19 crisis is bound to come under scrutiny today as the country gets the first real glimpse of the economic devas...

May 08, 2020