Canada

Vancouver's huge 4-20 pot celebration to be replaced by virtual event

VANCOUVER - What would have been Vancouver's 26th annual marijuana festival has been sidelined by the COVID-19 pandemic but organizers say a virtual celebration will go ahead. The unsanctioned festiva...

Apr 20, 2020

Facebook takes Canada's privacy czar to court over personal data probe

OTTAWA - Facebook wants a judge to toss out the federal privacy watchdog's finding that the social media giant's lax practices allowed personal data to be used for political purposes. The company...

Apr 20, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 12:06 p.m. on April 20, 2020: There are 35,708 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 18,357 confirmed (inc...

Apr 20, 2020

The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada

The latest news on the COVID-19 global pandemic (all times Eastern): 11:45 MPs are back in the House of Commons after the four main parties failed to reach consensus on keeping Parliament ad...

Apr 20, 2020

Parties still can't agree on how best to resume Parliament

OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has not changed his position on a tentative deal struck with the Liberals and Bloc Quebecois about the conditions under which the House of Commons should resu...

Apr 20, 2020

Outpouring of grief occurring in Nova Scotia after mass shooting tragedy

HALIFAX - There is an outpouring of grief across Nova Scotia today as the names of victims of a weekend mass killing begin to emerge, ranging from a nurse to a teacher to an RCMP officer. The presiden...

Apr 20, 2020

Probe into mass killing in Nova Scotia continues as province grapples with the violence

Investigators are continuing to piece together one of Canada's deadliest mass killings, which saw a man who at one point donned a police uniform slay 16 people as he travelled across northern Nova Sco...

Apr 20, 2020

Nova Scotia massacre and COVID Commons wrangle; In The News for April 20

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 April 20 ... &nb...

Apr 20, 2020

Lack of deal sets stage for House of Commons to re-open today amid COVID-19

OTTAWA - The House of Commons is poised to re-open today despite the COVID-19 pandemic thanks to an impasse between the four main political parties. The Liberals announced Sunday that they had an agre...

Apr 20, 2020

Former ambassador and public servant Allan Gotlieb dies at 92 in Toronto

TORONTO - Allan Gotlieb, a long-time public servant who was Canada's ambassador to the United States during the Regan administration, has died. He was 92. A death notice says Gotlieb died of canc...

Apr 19, 2020