Canada

Trudeau pushes wage subsidy as another small business aid program is delayed

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit a gourmet cafe in Quebec today to underline his plea to small business owners to use the federal wage subsidy program to rehire wo...

Jun 19, 2020

'Totally unacceptable:' Most independent investigators white, former officers

The majority of independent investigators delving into alleged police misconduct in Canada are white men who are former police officers. Seven provincial independent investigation units...

Jun 19, 2020

A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown

Provinces and territoires have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfo...

Jun 18, 2020

China charges 2 Canadians with spying in Huawei-linked case

BEIJING - China has charged two detained Canadians with spying in cases linked to Canada's arrest of a Huawei executive on U.S. charges. Chinese prosecutors said Friday that Michael Kovrig and Michael...

Jun 18, 2020

Grieving mother of daughter shot dead by police says she wants justice

VICTORIA - A grieving mother says she wants justice for her daughter, Chantel Moore, who was fatally shot by police in Edmunston, N.B., earlier this month. Martha Martin attempted to hold back he...

Jun 18, 2020

Kenney, NDP trade barbs on pitch for Alberta to quit CPP, build own pension plan

EDMONTON - Alberta's Opposition says having the province quit the Canada Pension Plan is a massive money-losing proposition and that Premier Jason Kenney is pursuing it out of spite against his nemesi...

Jun 18, 2020

BDC ready to roll with loans for mid-sized companies hit hard by COVID-19

OTTAWA - Mid-sized Canadian businesses that are strapped for cash because of COVID-19 can now apply through their own banks to get loans of up to $60 million from the federal government. The loans, to...

Jun 18, 2020

Senate ethics committee urges censure of Tory senator over trip to China

OTTAWA - The Senate's ethics committee is recommending that a Conservative senator be censured for breaching the upper house's ethics code when he accepted an all-expenses-paid trip to China in 2...

Jun 18, 2020

Too many visitors forces B.C. to shut park on Canada-U.S. boundary

VANCOUVER - The British Columbia park that straddles the 49th parallel with Washington state will be closed because it's overwhelmed with visitors using it as a cross-border meeting point. The governm...

Jun 18, 2020

Bad chocks, brake training blamed for crunching of prime minister's plane

OTTAWA - Military investigators say the Royal Canadian Air Force plane normally used by the prime minister hit a hangar wall last year after a maintenance crew used the wrong chocks, and not enough of...

Jun 18, 2020