Category Archives: National News – CP

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:27 p.m. on Aug. 23, 2020: There are 124,896 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 61,673 confirmed (including 5,740 deaths, 54,682 resol...

OTTAWA - The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says some imported peaches are being recalled due to possible Salmonella contamination. The agency says Prima Wawona, based out of Fresno, Calif., has reca...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has issued provincewide guidelines to police forces regarding street checks, but the policy is raising concerns from various rights groups. Quebec's Public Security De...

OTTAWA - The delicate politics of drug policy were on full display this week, as Canada's chief health officer suggested decriminalizing hard drugs should be discussed to address a spike in opioid ove...

INVERMAY, Sask. - People could always tell when Aaron Ogden entered a room. The 19-year-old had a big presence, said his father, Mark Ogden. He was a prankster, a one-of-a-kind character who would sit...

ESKASONI, N.S. - The entire We'koqma'q Mi'kmaq First Nation in Nova Scotia is breathing a sigh of relief, Chief Rod Googoo said Saturday, after an Indigenous girl who had been miss...

TORONTO - Canada's largest school board is searching for additional spaces to hold classes this fall, but says it won't know how many are needed - or where they'll be located - until parents of e...

OTTAWA - The deadline to submit ballots in the Conservative party leadership race to be has passed. The winner will be revealed on Sunday night. Here are five things to know about how a new leader wil...

TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the $31.4 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. The jackpot for the next draw on Aug. 25 will be approximately $40 million. The Canadian Press

PENTICTON, B.C. - Strong winds that were expected to fuel a wildfire burning south of Penticton, B.C., on Friday failed to do so, officials said Saturday. The 20-square-kilometre Christie Mountain fir...