Canada

Margaret Wente resigns contentious Toronto college appointment after uproar

TORONTO - Former Globe and Mail columnist Margaret Wente has resigned a contentious appointment with a Toronto college after facing fierce opposition from students and staff. Massey College says Wente...

Jun 23, 2020

TV, online ads, take lion's share of party election spending, new reports show

OTTAWA - Online advertising is coming close to rivalling television in election advertising by some of Canada's major political parties. The first reports on expenses from last fall's federal campaign...

Jun 23, 2020

Tory MP fires student after allegation of theft from O'Toole campaign

OTTAWA - A Conservative MP from Calgary says he's fired a summer student working in his office following allegations that someone stole campaign data from party leadership contender Erin O'Toole. Greg...

Jun 23, 2020

Eight more weeks of CERB to cost $17.9 billion, budget officer says

OTTAWA - The parliamentary budget officer estimates in a new report that it will cost $17.9 billion to provide eight extra weeks of payments through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit. The report t...

Jun 23, 2020

A study on racism in policing and the Alaska loophole; In The News for June 23

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of June 23 ... What...

Jun 23, 2020

Black parents having 'the talk' with younger kids to prepare them for racism

Black parents have always dealt with the added burden of talking to their children about racism but some are now struggling with whether to broach the topic sooner, says the founder of a par...

Jun 23, 2020

Traditional July 1 Order of Canada list cancelled due to COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic has put the kibosh on the annual Canada Day celebration of recipients of the country's second highest award. Governor General Julie Payette would normally anno...

Jun 23, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 2 a.m. ET on June 23, 2020: There are 101,637 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,835 confirmed ...

Jun 23, 2020

Two-thirds favour keeping two-metres physical distance: Leger poll

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests two-thirds of Canadians don't want to relax the physical distancing rules imposed to curb the spread of COVID-19. And if they were relaxed, fewer than half would feel...

Jun 23, 2020

MPs on public-safety committee to consider study of systemic police racism

OTTAWA - A House of Commons committee plans to meet this afternoon to consider doing a study of systemic racism in policing. New Democrat MP Jack Harris has been pressing the public-safety committee t...

Jun 23, 2020