Canada

Cattle group looks for help to weather COVID-19 as meat- packers slow work

CALGARY - A cattle industry group says measures that helped ranchers weather the BSE crisis in the early 2000s should be brought back immediately as the COVID-19 pan...

Apr 14, 2020

Scheer, Conservatives raise concerns about WHO data, relationship with China

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says he has serious concerns about the accuracy of the World Health Organization's data and its relationship with China. Scheer also says he was di...

Apr 14, 2020

Mass gathering: Cancellation of Saskatchewan drive-in church service questioned

NIPAWIN, Sask. - Saskatchewan's premier wants an explanation for why an Easter drive-in church service was prohibited over the weekend. Scott Moe's office said the Saskatchewan Health Authority h...

Apr 14, 2020

Government enacts stricter quarantine measures for returnees to Canada

OTTAWA - Starting at midnight, the federal government says all people returning to Canada will have to check in to a hotel or other designated site unless they have an acceptable self-quarantine plan....

Apr 14, 2020

Trudeau promises $130M in COVID-19 aid for vulnerable northern communities

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will spend $130 million to help northern communities maintain supply chains and shore up health and social service systems to withsta...

Apr 14, 2020

Canada-U.S. border restrictions won't be lifted any time soon, says Trudeau

WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says travel restrictions along the Canada-U.S. border won't be eased any time soon. Trudeau says Canada is still very much in the control-and-contain phase o...

Apr 14, 2020

Trudeau: Feds ready to send provinces cash to top-up worker salaries

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is willing to send money to provinces that want to provide salary top-ups to workers deemed essential. The extra cash would be design...

Apr 14, 2020

Do as we say, not as we do? Trudeau, Scheer forced to defend family trips

OTTAWA - Both Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer are fighting off criticism that they're asking Canadians to do more to stop the spread of COVID-19 than they're willin...

Apr 14, 2020

Conservatives' Scheer urges all-party deal to keep Parliament going safely

OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is calling for all the federal parties to strike a deal on a safe way for Parliament to meet. Without one, business is scheduled to resume as norma...

Apr 14, 2020

Compared to U.S., Canada's COVID-19 response a case study in political civility

WASHINGTON - In the time of the novel coronavirus, Canada and the United States seem to be playing to type: the friendly apologizers of the Great White North coming together against a common enem...

Apr 14, 2020