Category Archives: Canada

Billboard pleas: Alberta man hopes sign will find him a kidney donor
CARBON, Alta. - The large billboard overlooking the town of Drumheller in east-central Alberta is hard to miss. Next to a photo of a smiling man in a blue shirt, his arms crossed, the sign reads:...
Jan 27, 2020

Inquiry into deaths of former soldier and his N.S. family set to begin — again
GUYSBOROUGH, N.S. - A high-profile inquiry is set to begin today in rural Nova Scotia, not far from where Lionel Desmond, an Afghan war veteran with PTSD, fatally shot his mother, ...
Jan 27, 2020

Pregnant Canadian woman stuck in Wuhan, China, coronavirus epicentre
A teacher who is living with his pregnant wife and child in a city that is at the epicentre of China's coronavirus outbreak is hoping to get his family out safely. Tom Williams is a British expat who ...
Jan 27, 2020

Conservative leadership campaign trail adds one more: MP Erin O'Toole
OTTAWA - Ontario MP Erin O'Toole is expected to lay out his vision for the federal Conservative party and why he's the one to run it in an online video being released today that officially kicks off h...
Jan 27, 2020

Experts weigh in on protecting against new coronavirus
TORONTO - As Canadian health officials treat Canada's first diagnosed case of a new type of coronavirus spreading around the world, doctors are repeatedly stressing the fact that the risk of furt...
Jan 27, 2020

Ontario confirms second coronavirus case, wife of first case
TORONTO - Public health officials in Ontario are reporting a second presumptive case of the new coronavirus.They said the wife of the man who became the first case of the illness in Canada has also te...
Jan 27, 2020

The coronavirus in Canada and Parliament resumes; In The News for Jan. 27
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 Jan. 27. What we are watching in Canada ... TO...
Jan 27, 2020

Former cabinet minister Peter MacKay announces Tory leadership bid
STELLARTON, N.S. - After a more than four-year hiatus from politics, former cabinet minister Peter MacKay officially launched his bid to capture the leadership of the federal Conservative party before...
Jan 27, 2020

NAFTA, gun bill Liberal priorities as House of Commons gets back to work
OTTAWA - The work begins in earnest today for the Liberal minority government as the House of Commons opens for business after a lengthy winter break. The first piece of major legislat...
Jan 27, 2020

Venezuelan opposition leader to meet Trudeau as part of international tour
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau sits down today with Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaido. The head of the South American nation's congress is on an international tour to bolster support for...
Jan 27, 2020