Category Archives: National News – CP

OTTAWA - The federal government will provide eight extra weeks of benefits for people whose jobs or earnings have vanished because of the COVID-19 pandemic, but only if they look for work and tak...

OTTAWA - A group of Black parliamentarians and their allies are calling on all levels of government to take action to reduce systemic racism in Canada. The request came in a statement Tuesday fro...

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 June 16 ... --- ...

OTTAWA - More Canadians are questioning their trust in the police as protests against racism and police brutality sparked by the killing of George Floyd last month sweep across North America, a new po...

The latest numbers of confirmed and presumptive COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:43 p.m. on June 16, 2020: There are 99,467 confirmed and presumptive cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 54,146 confirmed (inclu...

EDMONTON - Shutting down a broad range of Alberta's environmental monitoring over pandemic fears wasn't necessary, says the head of a group responsible for such work. Most monitoring could have b...

CALGARY - A lawyer for a man who killed a Calgary couple and their young grandson says the trial judge imposed a "vengeful sentence," since his client will be 129 years old before he is eligible ...

Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...

OTTAWA - Senior military officials have revealed there was a "conflict" or "competition" between a Cyclone helicopter and its pilot moments before the aircraft known as Stalker 22 plunged in...

TORONTO - The family of a Canadian-American corporate security executive convicted of espionage by a Russian court say they are trying to bring him back home. Paul Whelan, who was born in Ottawa&...