Category Archives: Canada

Top Ontario health official says coronavirus surveillance is widening
TORONTO - Ontario's chief medical officer of health says surveillance for novel coronavirus in the province is widening outside of those who have recently travelled to the affected regions of China. I...
Feb 06, 2020

Liberals revive Rona Ambrose's bill on sexual assault law training for judges
OTTAWA - The Liberal government has picked up a cause formerly championed by senior Conservative Rona Ambrose, bringing in a bill aimed at ensuring judges are trained in sexual-assault law. The n...
Feb 06, 2020

Quebec to table provincial budget March 10 with emphasis on environment
Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard says the province's fiscal 2020-21 budget will be tabled March 10. It will be Girard's second budget since the Coalition Avenir Quebec won government in 2...
Feb 06, 2020

Quebec premier demands Trudeau cut federal funding to Bill 21 legal challenge
Quebec Premier Francois Legault is lashing out at the Trudeau government after learning a Montreal school board had reportedly received federal funds to contest the province's secularism law in c...
Feb 06, 2020

Canadians in Wuhan to be flown out Thursday: government letter
A chartered plane that's to airlift Canadians from the centre of a virus outbreak in China was on its way overseas Tuesday, while its prospective passengers were told to get ready to leave. Forei...
Feb 06, 2020

Impeachment, shmimpeachment: Trump plans to run, and win, on economic record
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump declared his scorched-earth political style an unmitigated success Tuesday in a fiercely partisan, made-for-TV state of the union speech that made it...
Feb 06, 2020

Most Canadian households will get more than they pay from carbon tax: PBO
OTTAWA - A new analysis by Parliament's budget watchdog has found that most households in provinces where the federal carbon tax applies will receive more money back in rebates than they will pay thro...
Feb 06, 2020

Is Canada's GDP growth worse than half the G7? The Baloney Meter weighs in
OTTAWA - "We look at our partners around the world and growth is higher in over half the G7 countries than it is here at home in Canada." - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer in the House of Commo...
Feb 06, 2020

Raptors stretch win streak and Buttigieg clings to narrow lead; In The News for Feb. 6
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 Feb. 6 ... What ...
Feb 06, 2020

Iowa caucus crashed and street preacher gets noise ticket; In The News for Feb. 4
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 Feb. 4 ... What ...
Feb 06, 2020