Second N.S. frigate crew member tests positive for COVID-19, others head home
HALIFAX — A second case of COVID-19 has been identified aboard a Royal Canadian Navy frigate that docked in Halifax Monday after returning from a six-month deployment on the Mediterranean Sea. The Royal Canadian Navy said today in a news release
Mark Carney says climate commitments preclude running in fall election
OTTAWA — Mark Carney won't be on the Liberal ticket if there's an election this fall. The former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England told The Canadian Press he's made commitments to help in the global
Civil liberties group joins court challenge to end unfounded traffic stops in Quebec
MONTREAL — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association announced Tuesday it will join in a constitutional challenge in Quebec of police powers to carry out roadside checks without reasonable cause. The case involves Joseph-Christopher Luamba, a Montreal m...
Feds move ahead with reservoir west of Calgary
CALGARY — The federal government has provided the final piece of the puzzle to allow a controversial reservoir that could protect Calgary from future flooding to move forward. Alberta Transportation proposed the $432-million off-stream reservoir near t...
Feds looking into Muslim charities’ concerns: PM
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government is "extremely concerned" about recent reports that Muslim charities are being unfairly targeted for federal audits and sanctions. Trudeau told a news conference Tuesday the Liberal government i...
N.S. election: Tory leader keeps candidate despite 2018 post threatening cyclists
HALIFAX — A Progressive Conservative candidate's threatening online rant from 2018 against Nova Scotia cyclists that surfaced this week is "disturbing," says the co-president of the provincial cycling association. Tory candidate Jennifer Ehrenfeld-Pool...
Planned Aug. 9 reopening of border with St-Pierre-Miquelon cheered in Newfoundland
Chris Sheppard says he and others are relieved now that the international border between Canada and a clutch of French islands off Newfoundland is set to reopen on Aug. 9. The executive director of the non-profit tourism organization Legendary Coasts s...
Challenges at southern border may be drag on efforts to reopen Canada-U.S. frontier
WASHINGTON — Canadians wondering why the United States doesn't appear to be rushing to ease travel restrictions at their shared border should cast a gaze further south, where the frontier with Mexico fosters far thornier political questions for the Whi...
Government expects foreign states’ wariness of mix-and-max vaccination to ‘evolve’
OTTAWA — Intergovernmental Affairs Minister Dominic LeBlanc is sounding a note of hope that Canadians who mixed and matched COVID-19 vaccines will not have a problem crossing borders in the months ahead. While Canadian health authorities say recipients...
Fauci, Paul clash on virus origins, trade charges of lying
WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation's top infectious disease expert, angrily confronted Kentucky GOP Sen. Rand Paul on Tuesday in testimony on Capitol Hill, rejecting Paul's insinuation that the U.S. helped fund research at a Chinese lab th...