Canada

Stormtrooper with a gun: Alberta police take down restaurant worker in costume

LETHBRIDGE, Alta. - Police in southern Alberta are being investigated after a restaurant worker in a "Star Wars" stormtrooper costume who was carrying a plastic gun was forced to the gr...

May 05, 2020

Revamp of classification system seen as key to cementing assault-style rifle ban

OTTAWA - Gun-control advocates and the Trudeau government see a coming overhaul of the firearms classification system as key to cementing the recent federal move to ban assault-style rifles. The feder...

May 05, 2020

Trudeau, Duclos must send transparency message during pandemic: info czar

OTTAWA - The federal information czar wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to tell federal agencies they must strive to be transparent and accountable as they wrestle with the fallout from COVID-1...

May 05, 2020

Americans trust Canadians more than they trust themselves, poll suggests

WASHINGTON - COVID-19 has damaged the trust Canadians have in their American neighbours, while U.S. residents collectively have more faith in their northern counterparts than they do in themselves, a ...

May 05, 2020

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

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

May 05, 2020

Fix on Friday to finally let moms-to-be receive CERB, Qualtrough tells MPs

OTTAWA - Expecting mothers who lost their jobs due to COVID-19 in March, and have since been unable to access emergency federal aid, will receive a key benefit once a fix comes into effect on Friday. ...

May 05, 2020

Federal government earmarking $77M to keep food-processing industry safe

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday more than $77 million to help keep workers in the food-processing industry safe. The news comes as a Cargill meat-packing plant in High River, Alta., so...

May 05, 2020

Scientists concerned focus on COVID-19 disrupting regular health research funds

OTTAWA - Canada's health research granting agency has postponed its usual funding competition due to COVID-19, sparking concern the lack of money could disrupt regular health research. The Canadian In...

May 05, 2020

National chief calls COVID-19 outbreak in Saskatchewan alarming

The national chief of the Assembly of First Nations says an outbreak of COVID-19 in Saskatchewan's far north is alarming.Perry Bellegarde notes there's been a steady rise in cases mainly from in and a...

May 05, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

Federal scientists predict high wildfire risk across Western Canada

EDMONTON - Federal scientists are predicting a higher than average wildfire hazard for almost the entire country this summer. Their annual forecast says the risk will be highest in early summer i...

May 05, 2020