Canada

Death in B.C. care home believed to be first COVID-19 fatality in Canada

Canada reported its first COVID-19 death on Monday after a man died at a long-term care home in North Vancouver as the federal government asked provincial and territorial leaders t...

Mar 11, 2020

Case of accused spy for Russia heads to court today

OTTAWA - Lawyers for a woman accused of espionage will try to persuade a judge today she did not spy for Russia. Elena Crenna is asking the Federal Court in Ottawa to rev...

Mar 11, 2020

Trudeau to announce funding to deal with increasing number of COVID-19 cases

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans today to announce federal funding to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing number of new coronavirus cases and to help Canadian...

Mar 11, 2020

Better protections needed for health-care workers during COVID-19: advocates

VANCOUVER - Canada's first death from the novel coronavirus has highlighted the urgent and often ignored need for better staffing at long-term care facilities where elderly residents are especial...

Mar 11, 2020

Quebec budget hikes spending to 'stimulate' economy amid global uncertainty

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard is betting that big spending increases in the budget he tabled Tuesday will stimulate the provincial economy enough to ward off any economic damage resulting from t...

Mar 10, 2020

Highlights of Quebec's 2020-21 budget

QUEBEC - Finance Minister Eric Girard tabled the Coalition Avenir Quebec government's budget on Tuesday. Here are some highlights: - Balanced books for the sixth straight year in Quebec, with a foreca...

Mar 10, 2020

Wet'suwet'en pipeline supporters feel shut out of talks, ministers told

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are facing pointed questions about why elected band chiefs and women of the Wet'suwet'en Nation who support a disputed natural gas pipeline in British...

Mar 10, 2020

Canada develops COVID-19 guidelines for major events

OTTAWA - The government has issued guidance to major event planners to inform when they should consider shutting down large gatherings in light of the looming threat of a possible novel...

Mar 10, 2020

Dr. Bonnie Henry, virus hunter, healer, resolves to 'break' COVID-19

VICTORIA - At the end of a stark news conference during which Dr. Bonnie Henry wiped tears as she broke the news confirming diagnosis of two cases of COVID-19 transmission at a North Vancouver lo...

Mar 10, 2020

Conservatives call for spending cuts, waste reduction in federal budget

OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are calling for spending cuts and waste reduction in the coming budget to unleash the economy and create jobs. Tory MPs told a Sunday n...

Mar 10, 2020