Canada

O'Toole attacked for using Parliamentary resources on leadership campaign

OTTAWA - A Liberal MP is calling for an investigation into whether Conservative leadership candidate Erin O'Toole is inappropriately using taxpayer-funded resources on his campaign. Robert Morris...

May 16, 2020

As Quebecers cover faces for COVID-19, some hope for tolerance of religious garb

MONTREAL - Three years ago, Warda Lacoste was at the centre of a fight against Quebec's attempt to ban religious face coverings for people who were giving or receiving public services. The M...

May 16, 2020

Federal government tosses dozens of claims from vets who died without survivors

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Canada has tossed dozens of claims for disability benefits by veterans or retired RCMP officers who died without an eligible survivor or dependant - many while their app...

May 16, 2020

Iced coffees and orange juice: as schools remain shut, locker contents ripen

For months, their contents have sat locked up in the stale hallway air in schools across the country. The jackets, books and gym shoes - along with more perishable items - were left beh...

May 16, 2020

Trudeau sees travel between PM's 'cottages' as trips between work and home

OTTAWA - While Canadians are being counselled to avoid travelling to their cottages during the COVID-19 pandemic, Justin Trudeau is expected to spend the first long weeke...

May 16, 2020

Overdoses 'sadly normalized' in British Columbia: addictions minister

VANCOUVER - A rising death toll from overdoses in B.C. during the COVID-19 pandemic has advocates, government officials and health-care workers concerned about a public health emergency that has been&...

May 16, 2020

'One Tough Cookie:' Young survivor of Saskatchewan mass killing getting better

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The family of a Saskatchewan couple and their grandson, who were slain in their home nearly seven weeks ago, say the surviving granddaughter is doing well in hospital. In a...

May 15, 2020

Pandemic to push back new climate targets, plastics ban, Wilkinson says

OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says plans to beef up Canada's national climate action plan and ban some single-use plastics will likely be delayed because of COVID-19. Wilkinson tell...

May 15, 2020

Freeland won't say if U.S. wants border agreement extended beyond June 21

WASHINGTON - Canada and the United States are both "very comfortable" with their mutual ban on non-essential cross-border travel, but Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland won't say if the...

May 15, 2020

Immigration will be key in post-pandemic era: Liberal Minister Mendicino

OTTAWA - Federal Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino says bringing newcomers to Canada will be essential in the post-pandemic era. But he says the health and safety of Canadians must be&nbs...

May 15, 2020