Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - Federal cabinet ministers are welcoming Joe Biden's election as the next U.S. president as an opportunity to advance the fight against climate change after four tumultuous years dealing with ...

COVID-19 cases surged across Canada as several provinces smashed daily infection records and the nationwide tally crested 4,000 on Sunday.  Cases swelled to new heights in Ontario and Quebec, whi...

OTTAWA - New federal support for Canada's pandemic-battered airline industry will be contingent on carriers providing refunds to passengers whose flights were cancelled, the government announced on Su...

Condolences are pouring in after "Jeopardy!" announced that the game show's longtime host, Canadian-born Alex Trebek, died early Sunday morning at age 80. Actors, politicians, athletes, broadcasters a...

To millions of television viewers, Alex Trebek was almost like a family member. To his friends and colleagues, he was a quintessential quiz-show legend who could connect with almost anyone and do almo...

TORONTO - Evan Mead still wracks his mind trying to understand what his former classmate was thinking when he drove a van down a Toronto sidewalk mowing down pedestrians. Mead, 28, spent three years i...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 6:20 p.m. Alberta recorded 727 new COVID-19 cases today, as well as six additional deaths. The province says on its website that...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $6 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize was won by a lottery player in Saint John, New Brunswick. T...

WINNIPEG - David Monias has barely slept in weeks. The Pimicikamak Cree Nation chief says his phone rings off the hook day and night from people fearful the COVID-19 pandemic is silently spreading int...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:20 p.m. EST on Nov. 8, 2020: There are 264,113 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 114,820 confirmed (including 6,440 deaths, 97,789 r...