Canada

Anxiety lingers as N.L. officials trace bulk of COVID-19 cases to funeral home

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - On a day off work in mid-March, Craig Dyer took some time to pay his respects at the funeral of a co-worker's brother. He stopped by Caul's Funeral Home in St. John's with some...

Apr 05, 2020

Advocates warn of 'disaster' if more protections not given to migrant workers

VANCOUVER - The federal and provincial governments are facing a "potential disaster" if more protections and social-distancing guidelines aren't extended to migrant agricultural workers, advocates say...

Apr 05, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:45 p.m. Prince Edward Island says it has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 compared with the prior day. The province's...

Apr 04, 2020

'The Charter still applies': Canadians urged to monitor civil liberties during pandemic

MONTREAL - While Canadians monitor their bodies for signs of COVID-19 symptoms, civil liberties advocates and human rights lawyers are urging citizens to also keep track of the possible eros...

Apr 04, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 12:45 p.m. Prince Edward Island says it has recorded no new cases of COVID-19 compared with the prior day. The province's...

Apr 04, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:49 p.m. ET on April 4, 2020: There are 12,954 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 6,101 confirme...

Apr 04, 2020

'Always new expenses:' Lawsuits filed as anniversary of Broncos bus crash nears

It's been almost two years since the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash in Saskatchewan and with the solemn anniversary comes a closing legal window that has seen several lawsuits filed in court.Sixtee...

Apr 04, 2020 (The Canadian Press)

The inexact science involved in predicting the likely path of COVID-19

socsocTORONTO - Data experts are cautioning already on-edge Canadians against taking Ontario's dire predictions about COVID-19 deaths literally, even as the revelation of stark data coincided with mor...

Apr 04, 2020

Pandemic has shunted aside an array of Liberal initiatives, at least for now

OTTAWA - As a new year dawned, the government's throne-speech commitments unfurled just weeks earlier were grabbing headlines and galvanizing the attention of federal policy-makers. Then came the...

Apr 04, 2020

Oil industry pleads for help but feds still mum on when that will come

OTTAWA - Canada's oil producers are growing frustrated that they have yet to see a promised federal aid package to help bail out their industry from an unprecedented drop in demand. Canadian Asso...

Apr 04, 2020