Category Archives: National News – CP

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 3:58 p.m. EDT on Sept. 26, 2020: There are 151,671 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 71,005 confirmed (including 5,821 deaths, 60,660 ...

OTTAWA - The Liberal government is asking Parliament to fast-track its latest COVID-19 economic recovery package, prompting a torrent of opposition outrage that government forced this issue by prorogu...

EDMONTON - Alberta has announced where it will spend part of the money it recently earmarked to reduce methane emissions from the oilpatch.  Environment Minister Jason Nixon says $25 million will...

OTTAWA - A federal program aimed at giving loans to some of the largest companies in the country is rolling the dice with $200 million to a casino chain. The loan is the first from what the government...

CALGARY - RCMP have charged a second Calgary man in an ongoing terrorism investigation.  Jamal Taan Borhot, 30, is charged with three counts of participating in terrorist group activity. Police a...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberal party is postponing its national convention due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The convention was to be held in Ottawa on Nov. 12-15. But in an email to registered Libe...

Green Leader Sonia Furstenau was driving Monday when she turned on the radio and learned an early election would be called that day in British Columbia.  She felt a kind of disappointment that sh...

WINNIPEG - Manitoba's chief public health officer is making masks mandatory in indoor public spaces in Winnipeg as cases of COVID-19 continue to surge in the city.  Dr. Brent Roussin announced Fr...

MONTREAL - A Quebec author charged with producing child pornography in connection with fictional scenes in a horror novel has been acquitted in a ruling that also declare...

OTTAWA - The Rama Police Service, which serves the Chippewas of Rama First Nation, does not have dedicated funding for forensic and crime investigation units, or to provide aid to victims. Rama Police...