Jan 26 2020 — The Canadian Press — Officials in Toronto are interviewing all those who had contact with the man diagnosed with Canada’s first case of the new coronavirus to ensure none of them were infected. Authorities announced yesterday that they had detected the respiratory illness in a man who recently travelled to Toronto from Wuhan, China, the epicentre of the virus. […]
Jan 26 2020 — The Canadian Press — Canadian security officials have been grappling not only with how to address the growing threat of right-wing extremism, but also the best means of defining the phenomenon and explaining it to the public, newly released documents show. In a briefing for deputy ministers responsible for national security, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service and the RCMP […]
Jan 26 2020 — The Canadian Press — Far-right group La Meute was once seen as a growing threat in Quebec, with members marching by the hundreds through city streets against what they claimed was the creeping “Islamization” of society. But La Meute — or The Pack — began to implode just a few years after it was created in 2015. By 2019, […]
Jan 26 2020 — The Canadian Press — Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland is asking the Opposition parties not to hold up the new North American free trade deal. Freeland has sent a letter to the leaders of the Conservatives, NDP, Bloc Quebecois and Greens on the eve of the return of the House of Commons asking for their support. The new U.S.-Mexico-Canada […]
Jan 25 2020 — Deb Riechmann, The Associated Press — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — A blueprint the White House is rolling out to resolve the decades-long conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians is as much about politics as it is about peace. President Donald Trump said he would likely release his long-awaited Mideast peace plan a little before he meets Tuesday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu […]
Jan 25 2020 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. — Quebec provincial police suspended their search Saturday evening for four missing tourists after a snowmobile accident in the province's Lac-Saint-Jean region earlier this week. Authorities ended their search at nightfall and will decide early Sunday whether to resume searching a fifth day for the men from eastern France who haven't been seen since Tuesday night. […]
Jan 25 2020 — The Canadian Press — Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says how he used party funds to pay personal expenses is an internal matter and he won’t provide any details. Revelations that Scheer was using Conservative donors’ money to pay private school tuition for his children emerged as he announced his decision to resign as leader in December. Taking questions from […]
Jan 25 2020 — Julie Pace — The Canadian Press — WASHINGTON — As tensions between Democratic presidential candidates Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren rose earlier this month, Sanders found himself with an unusual ally: President Donald Trump. During a raucous campaign rally in which Trump critiqued some of his Democratic challengers, the president launched into an unprompted defence of Sanders. Warren had accused Sanders of […]
Jan 25 2020 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — TORONTO — The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario says it will bring its strikes to the Durham, Lambton Kent and Algoma school boards on Thursday. The job action will be part of a second week of rotating walkouts from the union representing 83,000 public elementary and occasional teachers in Ontario. The strike will add to tensions between the province and its four major teachers' unions, which […]
Jan 25 2020 — The Canadian Press — For “Degrassi” star Stacie Mistysyn, series co-creator Christopher (Kit) Hood was like another parent in some ways. When Mistysyn performed in “Cabaret” in high school, Hood was there to support her, along with fellow “Degrassi” co-creator Linda Schuyler. And when Mistysyn needed advice on whether she should do a certain film in her post-“Degrassi” days, […]
Jan 25 2020 — The Canadian Press — Former federal cabinet minister Peter MacKay is to announce his candidacy today for the leadership of the federal Conservative party. MacKay, who served in a number of portfolios under prime minister Stephen Harper, has said he will make the announcement at the Museum of Industry in Stellarton, N.S. In a video posted Friday on social […]
Jan 24 2020 — The Canadian Press — Mattel Inc. says the Mega Bloks toy factory it acquired in 2014 will shut down next year, triggering 580 layoffs in Montreal. Mattel says production of the interlocking plastic bricks for children will be outsourced to facilities in Mexico and China.
Jan 24 2020 — The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — ST-HENRI-DE-TAILLON, Que. — Rescue divers with Quebec's provincial police have pulled the body of one of the five missing French snowmobilers out of the waters of a river in the province's Lac-Saint-Jean region. Four other tourists from eastern France remain unaccounted for Friday as authorities continued to search on land, on the water and from the air. Police say the […]
Jan 24 2020 — The Canadian Press — Canada has slipped in the annual Transparency International ranking of countries considered among the least corrupt, in light of the SNC-Lavalin controversy. According to the Berlin-based organization’s most recent corruption perception index, Canada now ranks 12th on the list of 180 countries assessed, behind Germany, the Netherlands and Norway. This is a decrease of three […]
Jan 24 2020 — The Canadian Press — Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne says he’s “cautiously optimistic” about Canada’s chances of winning a seat on the United Nations Security Council this year as the government ramps up its campaign in Africa. Speaking to reporters after a trip to Mali and Morocco, Champagne brushed off criticism by many analysts who say that Canada’s low […]