Alberta 'Fair deal' panel ideas would increase costs, Calgary mayor says
Calgary's mayor says ideas being floated to give Alberta more independence from the federal government would be costly. Naheed Nenshi says wresting control from Ottawa over things like pensions and policing would have to come with a big enough ben...
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Ford promises to address air conditioning in long-term care homes
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Montreal police unveil street check policy
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Massive federal debt for COVID-19 manageable: Morneau
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars to shield Canadians from the economic blast of COVID-19 was the right thing to do. In releasing his fiscal snapshot of the costs, Morneau says the move avoided immense lo...
Massive federal debt for COVID-19 manageable: Morneau
Finance Minister Bill Morneau says borrowing hundreds of billions of dollars to shield Canadians from the economic blast of COVID-19 was the right thing to do. In releasing his fiscal snapshot of the costs, Morneau says the move avoided immense lo...
Protecting Canadians worth hit to treasury: PM
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Singh says Rideau Hall attack shows systemic racism
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Legault strongly recommends masks, but not ready to make it mandatory
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he's open to mandatory masks, but he's not ready to go that route across the province. Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante announced Monday her council would pass a bylaw requiring mask-wearing in indoor public place...
Ontario aims to extend emergency measures
Ontario introduced new legislation Tuesday to enable the extension of some pandemic emergency orders over the next year, with Premier Doug Ford denying that continued use of the measures is a power grab. Ford says the legislation would allow the g...
Provinces, money, remain as barriers to new Indigenous child welfare systems
Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller and Assembly of First Nations National Chief Perry Bellegarde signed an agreement in Ottawa Tuesday to keep implementing Bill C-92, which recognizes the inherent right Indigenous communities have to control...
Charges against Nova Scotia woman dropped in racial profiling case
Crown prosecutors in Halifax have dropped charges against a woman who accused police of racial profiling after she was arrested at a Walmart. Santina Rao was facing charges of disturbing the peace, resisting arrest and assaulting an officer follow...
No new COVID-19 cases related to BLM protests
Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says British Columbia has not seen any new COVID-19 cases related to the recent protests against police violence. She says there likely haven't been any cases because the protests have been outside while ...
Quebec worried about distancing at bars, beaches, pools
Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube is sending a warning to owners of bars and other places where people congregate after a lack of distancing last weekend. Dube says the Health Department will introduce new rules Thursday to avoid a repeat. Dub...
New UN Ambassador Rae touts Canadian overseas support during COVID-19
Bob Rae Rae mounted a vigorous defence of the United Nations and the need to work with and support other countries as he took over as Canadian ambassador to the UN. The former Ontario premier specifically referenced the need for Canada to help cou...
Health officials in P.E.I., N.S. discuss case at source of Island COVID-19 cluster
Prince Edward Island's chief medical officer of health is warning that the five new cases of COVID-19 discovered over the weekend indicate the province is still susceptible to the novel coronavirus. A foreign student who arrived in Canada from the...
Rest of Ontario reopens Tuesday
Premier Doug Ford says the final two communities remaining in the first stage of Ontario's reopening plan will move ahead tomorrow. Ford says Kingsville and Leamington, Ont., will move to Stage 2 as of 12:01 a.m. Tuesday. Ford's health minister, C...
Theatre star Nick Cordero dies at 41
Hamilton-raised theatre star Nick Cordero has died in Los Angeles from complications related to COVID-19.
Five things to watch for in Canadian Business, week of July 6th
Here are five things to watch out for in the Canadian business world this week:
Brazilian cowboy finishes journey from Alaska to Calgary
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Deputy chief public health officer says home games at Rogers Centre would carry risk
The Blue Jays have been cleared to train at Toronto's Rogers Centre, but Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, Dr. Howard Njoo, says playing regular-season games there would carry risk.
Ontario deploys emergency management agency to address Windsor-Essex farm outbreak
Ontario Premier Doug Ford says a team from the province's emergency management agency has been deployed to Windsor-Essex to help address a large COVID-19 farm outbreak. He says Emergency Management Ontario will help coordinate care and housing for...
Nova Scotia to track arrivals from outside Atlantic Canada
With an increasing number of Nova Scotians complaining on social media about seeing cars with American plates entering the province, Premier Stephen McNeil has pledged to keep a closer watch on those showing up at the border from outside Atlantic ...
Gatecrasher taken quietly because of RCMP's care, deputy commissioner says
An armed man who crashed his truck into the grounds of the Governor General's residence was arrested unhurt because the RCMP always seeks to end tense situations peacefully, Deputy Commissioner Mike Duheme said Friday. The arrest is a contrast to ...
Child care a priority in federal COVID-19 help for provinces, PM says
The national economy can't recover fully from COVID-19 closures until parents are confident they have safe places for their children to be while they're at work, Justin Trudeau said Friday. He said some of the $14 billion his government has offere...
New security law in Hong Kong changes relationship with Canada: Trudeau
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada is suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and restricting exports there as a new security law reduces the territory's autonomy from Beijing. Canada says Hong Kong's special status depends on Chin...
