Canada

Canada fights COVID-19 'health crisis' with travel curbs, billions in spending

CP CanadaTORONTO - The suspension of Parliament, billions of dollars in extra federal spending, and recommendations against leaving the country were among extraordinary steps public and priv...

Mar 13, 2020

Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis

CP CanadaOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreadin...

Mar 13, 2020

Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities

CP CanadaOttawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from opposition politicians who ...

Mar 13, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

CP CanadaThe latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 8:45 p.m. The Federal Court is closing its buildings and offices to visitors in response to the COVI...

Mar 13, 2020

Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreading no...

Mar 13, 2020

Concerns raised over COVID-19 outbreak plans for Indigenous communities

Ottawa's plans to respond to possible COVID-19 outbreaks in remote, fly-in and already vulnerable Indigenous communities are getting a failing grade from Opposition politicians who say they ...

Mar 13, 2020

Criminal case against top military judge collapses, charges withdrawn

OTTAWA - The criminal case against Canada's top military judge has collapsed. The Canadian Armed Forces' top prosecutor announced Wednesday that he was withdrawing all four charges against chief milit...

Mar 13, 2020

Passengers on last flight into Canada from Rome talk of empty city

MONTREAL - Doris Hamelin and her husband Rejean Vallee said the restaurants in Rome shut down at 6 p.m. Tuesday and the only place they could find food was the grocery store. In a bid t...

Mar 13, 2020

Black boxes from downed Ukrainian flight to be transferred to Kyiv

OTTAWA - The flight recorders from the Ukrainian jetliner shot down by the Iranian military in January will be arriving in Ukraine in 10 to 14 days, the country's envoy to Canada said Wednesday. Ambas...

Mar 13, 2020

NewsAlert: Manitoba closing schools Monday due to COVID-19 pandemic

WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government says it is closing schools for three weeks because of COVID-19. Education Minister Kelvin Goertzen says classes will be suspended starting Monday. He says the decisi...

Mar 13, 2020