Canada

Groups ask why strychnine banned against gophers but not for killing wolves

Environmental groups are wondering why Ottawa wants to ban farmers from killing gophers with strychnine but plans to allow provincial governments to use it against wolves. "All of the c...

Mar 14, 2020

Labour, biz leaders urge federal-provincial common front on COVID-19 impact

OTTAWA - Canada's largest labour organization and the group that bills itself as the voice of business in this country have set aside their differences to jointly confront the economic ...

Mar 14, 2020

Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...

Mar 14, 2020

New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19

FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...

Mar 14, 2020

NHL evaluating options and Emergency departments feeling strained; In The News for March 12

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 March 12 ... &nb...

Mar 14, 2020

Supreme Court declines to hear appeal in Alberta public sector union case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court won't hear a case involving the rights of public-sector workers in Alberta in a labour dispute with that province's government. The high court was deciding whether to h...

Mar 14, 2020

Charlottetown crow lovers show support after complaints, injured birds

CHARLOTTETOWN - Tensions between Charlottetown's crow foes and lovers have bubbled over this winter, with a number of the birds - which roost in the thousands in the thousands in t...

Mar 14, 2020

The latest numbers of COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020

CP CanadaThe latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of March 13, 2020: - Ontario: 79 confirmed (five cases resolved.) - British Columbia: 64 confirmed, inclu...

Mar 13, 2020

Canada fights COVID-19 'health crisis' with travel curbs, billions in spending

CP CanadaTORONTO - The suspension of Parliament, billions of dollars in extra federal spending, and recommendations against leaving the country were among extraordinary steps public and priv...

Mar 13, 2020

Premiers warn billions more needed from feds to weather COVID-19 crisis

CP CanadaOTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau got thanks from Canada's premiers Friday for $11-billion in federal funding to confront the health and economic impact of the rapidly spreadin...

Mar 13, 2020