Canada

Trudeau bats away WHO questions, says Canada focused on fighting COVID-19

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau refused Wednesday to join the escalating global debate about the World Health Organization's handling of the COVID-19 crisis, insisting Canada remains f...

Apr 15, 2020

'What's going to happen?' Alberta teen recounts brush with death from COVID-19

OKOTOKS, Alta. - Matt Greenshields never worried about COVID-19 until he found himself thinking about death as he was being wheeled down the empty, darkened hallways of a hospital on his way...

Apr 15, 2020

Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada needs a much greater capacity to test for the novel coronavirus before life can return to normal. The federal government and public health officials ...

Apr 15, 2020

Harsh policing and big fines don't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists

Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pan...

Apr 15, 2020

Former Manitoba principal sentenced to life for vigilante killings of drug dealers

WINNIPEG - A former Manitoba principal has been sentenced to life in prison for the vigilante killings of two drug dealers. Claude Francis Guimond pleaded guilty in March to second-degree murder in th...

Apr 15, 2020

Military seeks to re-enrol commercial pilots laid off due to COVID-19

OTTAWA - The Royal Canadian Air Force is getting creative about finding new pilots. Commercial airlines across Canada have been temporarily laying off pilots in recent weeks as the industry struggles ...

Apr 15, 2020

Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still cause challenges

OTTAWA - Agriculture Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says Canadians could see higher prices and less variety of food on store shelves this year. Bibeau says she's confident the country has enough food bu...

Apr 15, 2020

MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer has repeated his call to see MPs return to the House of Commons to question and scrutinize the Liberal government's COVID-19 measures. ...

Apr 15, 2020

Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients

OTTAWA - The Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians is calling on its doctors to protect the limited supply of certain sedatives and painkillers needed for patients on ventilators. Putting a pat...

Apr 15, 2020

Canada's emissions count jumped 15 million tonnes in 2018, report shows

OTTAWA - A new federal report on Canada's greenhouse-gas emissions shows they soared 15 million tonnes in 2018. Most countries file their accountings for emissions with the United Nations every April ...

Apr 15, 2020