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C.D. Howe's Business Cycle Council says country has entered a recession
TORONTO - The C.D. Howe Institute's Business Cycle Council says Canada has entered a recession due to the economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. In a report released Friday, the council...
May 1, 2020
Duchess of Sussex loses first round in privacy claim
LONDON - The Duchess of Sussex has lost an early round in her privacy case against the Mail on Sunday newspaper over its publication of a letter to her estranged father. Meghan is suing for invasion o...
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 threat to Indigenous people and quaratine stream; In The News for May 1
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 May 1 ... --- COVID-1...
May 1, 2020
COVID-19 threat to First Nations, Inuit communities grows as it eases elsewhere
OTTAWA - The federal government will be under pressure today to explain what it's doing to prevent COVID-19 from spreading like wildfire through First Nations reserves and remote Inuit commu...
May 1, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada
The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on May 1, 2020: There are 53,236 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 27,538 confirme...
May 1, 2020
China likes Canada's 'cool head' amid U.S. 'smears' over COVID-19, says envoy
OTTAWA - China's envoy in Ottawa says that while the United States is "smearing" his country over COVID-19, the People's Republic appreciates Canada's "cool-headed" co-operation on battling the pandem...
May 1, 2020
Day 3 of search for 5 Canadian service members after helicopter crashes into sea
OTTAWA - The search for five Canadian service members enters the third day today after a helicopter crashed off the coast of Greece during a NATO training mission. Chief of the defence staff Gen. Jona...
May 1, 2020
Lives Lost: Virus silences angelic voice of WWII evacuee
LISBON, Portugal - After Adolf Hitler annexed his native Austria and Allied bombs laid waste to Vienna, Hannelore Cruz travelled to Portugal without her parents as a refugee from hunger, cold and post...
Apr 30, 2020
B.C. Lions trade up to take linebacker Williams with first overall pick in draft
TORONTO - The B.C. Lions ensured Jordan Williams began his CFL tenure with a bang. The Lions opened the CFL draft Thursday night by moving up from No. 3 to first overall in a trade with the ...
Apr 30, 2020
Queen and Adam Lambert honour global COVID-19 'Champions'
LONDON - Queen and singer Adam Lambert have a message for workers on the frontline of the COVID-19 fight: "You Are the Champions." Brian May, Roger Taylor and Lambert recently gathered virtually to re...
Apr 30, 2020
