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Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM

Canada needs to increase testing capacity before life can return to normal: PM

OTTAWA — Life in Canada won't return to normal until Canadian authorities can quickly find and weed out new outbreaks of the virus that causes COVID-19, but the country is far from capable of that now.
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Canada's emissions count jumped 15 million tonnes in 2018, report shows

Canada's emissions count jumped 15 million tonnes in 2018, report shows

OTTAWA — A surge in emissions from road traffic, manufacturing, home heating and fossil-fuel production in 2018 almost entirely erased any progress this country had made cutting greenhouse gas emissions since 2005, the federal government reported Wed
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B.C. woman charged after deliberately coughing on grocery clerk: RCMP

B.C. woman charged after deliberately coughing on grocery clerk: RCMP

COQUITLAM, B.C. — A woman is facing criminal charges after RCMP in British Columbia allege she coughed at a grocery clerk who would not let her buy extra tissues.
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MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer

MPs should return to House of Commons to scrutinize COVID-19 measures: Scheer

OTTAWA — With a Monday deadline looming, federal parties are grappling with the question of whether in-person sittings of the House of Commons and the Senate should resume in Ottawa.
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Liberals ease access to emergency benefit as economy shrinks fast

Liberals ease access to emergency benefit as economy shrinks fast

OTTAWA — The federal government will expand its main relief program for people losing work because of COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Wednesday, just after Statistics Canada delivered a preliminary report that the economy contracted
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Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still bring challenges

Bibeau says Canada has enough food but COVID-19 will still bring challenges

OTTAWA — Higher prices and less variety on store shelves is a possibility as the agriculture industry confronts a wide range of challenges created by COVID-19, the federal agriculture minister said Wednesday.
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Military seeks to attract commercial pilots affected by COVID-19 pandemic

Military seeks to attract commercial pilots affected by COVID-19 pandemic

OTTAWA — The Royal Canadian Air Force is hoping to address a critical shortage of experienced pilots by scooping up some of the hundreds of commercial pilots whose jobs have been negatively affected by the COVID-19 crisis.
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Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients

Emergency doctors urged to avoid drugs used to ventilate COVID-19 patients

OTTAWA — Emergency doctors have been warned to try to avoid using the limited supply of medications needed for patients on ventilators, as they could be critical in the fight against COVID-19.
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Time for pointing fingers will come later, Trudeau says as Trump calls out WHO

Time for pointing fingers will come later, Trudeau says as Trump calls out WHO

WASHINGTON — Now is not the time to point fingers or assign blame for COVID-19, Canada's federal government said Wednesday after Donald Trump, his re-election hopes hijacked by a deadly global pandemic, turned his populist cannons on the World Health
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Premiers don't want Emergencies Act used during COVID-19 pandemic

Premiers don't want Emergencies Act used during COVID-19 pandemic

REGINA — Canada's premiers have sent a letter to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau saying they do not want the Emergencies Act invoked over COVID-19.
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