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Ontario confirms eighth coronavirus case; man had travelled to Egypt
TORONTO - (Ont-Coronavirus) Ontario health officials say they have confirmed a new positive case of COVID-19 in Toronto. Dr. David Williams, medical officer of health, said Friday night that this is t...
Mar 01, 2020
Public health agency weighs stronger COVID-19 protection for front-line workers
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says it will consult with the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions on its next set of guidelines for protecting health-care workers against the novel corona...
Mar 01, 2020
Royal Canadian Navy, coast guard short hundreds of sailors
OTTAWA - It's been billed as the largest-ever investment in the Royal Canadian Navy and Canadian Coast Guard during a time of peace. Over the next decade, the federal government will invest tens of bi...
Mar 01, 2020
Air Force One swoops into South Carolina as voters head to the polls
After a week filled with Democratic rallies, town halls, get-out-the-vote efforts and one frantic, cacophonic televised debate, it was all over in South Carolina but the voting late Friday, save for o...
Mar 01, 2020
Thunberg says sexually explicit decal shows desperation, says activists are winning
Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg says a decal bearing an energy services company's logo below a cartoon depicting what appears to be a sexual assault shows desperation. An Alberta woman co...
Mar 01, 2020
Outspoken social conservative Richard Decarie rejected from Tory leadership
OTTAWA - Richard Decarie, a social conservative whose views have been condemned by some senior Conservatives, has been barred from running in the party's leadership race. Decarie, who believes being L...
Mar 01, 2020
Ontario reports three new cases of novel coronavirus, B.C reports one new case
Health officials in two provinces confirmed four new cases of the novel coronavirus in Canada on Saturday, but insisted the disease is not widely circulating in this country&n...
Mar 01, 2020
Ukraine pledges help for airline compensation for Iran plane crash victims
OTTAWA - Ukraine's ambassador to Canada says his government will help Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne secure compensation from Ukraine International Airlines for the families of a...
Mar 01, 2020
Ministers, Wet'suwet'en chief optimistic as talks continue for third day
SMITHERS, B.C. - A Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief and senior government ministers said Saturday they remained optimistic that talks will break an impasse over a pipeline dispute that has sparked widesp...
Mar 01, 2020
Caution, with a time limit: How Trudeau's patience with rail blockades ended
OTTAWA - When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stepped in front of cameras last week to declare that barricades on rail lines and other major transportation routes had to come down, the move ha...
Mar 01, 2020
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