Category Archives: National News – CP

WASHINGTON, Wash. - Daylong lineups, pernicious warnings of voter fraud, civil unrest, intimidation and catching a deadly virus: casting a ballot in the United States this year is a stressful and risk...

HALIFAX - A First Nations chief appealed Wednesday for calm and an increased police presence after an angry non-Indigenous crowd damaged two Nova Scotia lobster facilities that handle catches from Mi'...

TORONTO - A new survey suggests the COVID-19 pandemic has the majority of Canadians re-thinking how - and where - they want to spend their golden years.  The National Institute on Ageing at Toron...

VANCOUVER - John Horgan was held to account for his decision to call a snap election during the pandemic in Tuesday's leaders' debate that saw the New Democrat leader try to frame the narrative surrou...

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 Oct. 14. What we are watching in Canada ... Ca...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:23 p.m. EDT on Oct. 14, 2020:There are 189,385 confirmed cases in Canada._ Quebec: 88,994 confirmed (including 5,977 deaths, 74,483 res...

WINNIPEG - A COVID-19 outbreak at a fly-in reserve in Manitoba and increasing infections in First Nations populations in the province has leaders worried.  "It's a wake-up call for all of us," sa...

EDMONTON - Salma Lakhani may be the first Muslim and South Asian lieutenant-governor in Canada, but that's not what she wants to be known for. Alberta's 19th lieutenant-governor says she wants to use ...

OTTAWA - An Alberta man accused of domestic violence will not face trial after the Supreme Court of Canada found he experienced undue delay in seeing a judge after his arrest. Following a hearing Tues...

OTTAWA - Green party Leader Annamie Paul is calling on the government to pass legislation proposed by Elections Canada on holding safe balloting before carrying on with byelections in two Toronto ridi...