Canada

Death toll could rise in Nova Scotia as investigation into rampage continues

HALIFAX - The death toll from a killing rampage in Nova Scotia could rise today. Nineteen people were confirmed dead as of yesterday following Sunday's tragedy, but police expect the number of victims...

Apr 21, 2020

Scientists cut peer-review corners under pressure of COVID-19 pandemic

The novel coronavirus was engineered in a lab using HIV. Stem cells are a potent weapon against the new pandemic. People with blood type A are more susceptible to COVID-19. None of these "discoveries"...

Apr 21, 2020

Rise in homeless tent cities, encampments linked to health confidence: advocate

VANCOUER, B.C. - Public health officials need to do more to help Canada's homeless population as encampments and tent cities grow across the country during the COVID-19 pandemic, an advocate says...

Apr 21, 2020

Feds to announce more support to help vulnerable weather COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - The federal government is expected to unveil today more financial support for vulnerable Canadians struggling to weather the COVID-19 pandemic. Poor, disabled, homeless and elderly peopl...

Apr 21, 2020

RCMP says it will look at how N.S. public was warned of active shooter threat

HALIFAX - Premier Stephen McNeil said Monday the province's emergency alert system wasn't used to warn people an active shooter was on the loose in northern Nova Scotia on the weekend because no ...

Apr 20, 2020

Many who knew N.S. gunman struggle to come to terms with killing spree

PORTAPIQUE, N.S. - Neighbours and schoolmates of the man responsible for a killing spree that left at least 19 people dead in northern Nova Scotia were attempting Monday to come&nb...

Apr 20, 2020

Trudeau promises stockpile policies to get overhaul to prevent waste

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa will avoid destroying valuable medical equipment from the national stockpile from now on by making sure it gets used before it expires. Trudeau told ...

Apr 20, 2020

Fewer than 10 asylum seekers tried to cross since border closure: Blair

OTTAWA - The federal public safety minister says fewer than 10 asylum seekers have been turned back to the U.S. since the historic shutdown of the border. Bill Blair provided the figure to the House o...

Apr 20, 2020

Liberal changes to media aid plan hint at speedier spending, industry group says

OTTAWA - A news-industry association says the federal government's planned changes to its financial aid for news outlets in Canada should allow more of them to qualify for the financial hel...

Apr 20, 2020

Protesters register frustration in U.S., but experts suspect an ulterior motive

WASHINGTON - The partisan cracks in America's collective effort to combat COVID-19 are growing wider by the day - fuelled, some say, not by grassroots sentiment but by political forces both withi...

Apr 20, 2020