Canada

PM, ministers, Tam take break from daily updates on COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, his ministers and top public health officials are taking a rare break today from the daily briefings they've been providing since the COVID-19 pandemic shut dow...

May 02, 2020

Union trying to stop Alberta meat plant with COVID-19 outbreak from reopening

CALGARY - A union is trying to halt the planned reopening of an Alberta beef-packing plant that has been the site of a major COVID-19 outbreak. There have been 921 cases of the virus at th...

May 01, 2020

Not mandatory: Alberta launches COVID-19 mobile contact-tracing app

EDMONTON - Alberta is launching a voluntary mobile app to expand contact tracing for COVID-19 to help reduce the spread of the novel coronavirus. It's believed to be the first of its kind in Nort...

May 01, 2020

COVID-19 outbreaks in 23 First Nations prompting concerns

OTTAWA - Federal officials say the next two weeks will be crucial in trying to determine the scope and severity of the spread of COVID-19 in First Nations communities. Cases of the virus have begun to...

May 01, 2020

Evolving prison needle exchange program constitutional, judge rules

TORONTO - It's too soon to brand Canada's new prison-exchange program as unconstitutional given that correctional authorities are still making changes to it as they roll it out, an Ontario court ...

May 01, 2020

Public transit prepping for new normal as cities and provinces start to reopen

The gradual reopening of Canada's economy will not mean business as usual for the country's public transit agencies. Despite the fact that a slowly growing number of workers will make their way b...

May 01, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: ...

May 01, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 2:20 p.m. Manitoba is reporting four new COVID-19 cases, bring the total to 279 . With the number of people who have reco...

May 01, 2020

Trudeau announces ban on 1,500 types of 'military-style' guns

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is banning a range of assault-style guns, with an order that takes effect immediately.The cabinet order he describes doesn't forbid o...

May 01, 2020

U.S. trade authorities keeping tabs on Canada's coming changes to drug prices

WASHINGTON - The United States is keeping Canada on its "watch list" of countries where policies and practices could pose a threat to American intellectual property rights. In its annual report on for...

May 01, 2020