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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for June 14, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday June 14, 2021. There are 1,402,126 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,402,126 confirmed cases (16,955 active, ...
Jun 14, 2021

Canadian producers hoping U.S. eases cannabis prohibitions nervously eyeing calendar
WASHINGTON - Canada's cannabis industry, banking on the chance to expand into the United States, is nervously eyeing the American political calendar and the Biden administration's narrow legislative w...
Jun 14, 2021

First Nations child welfare case gets underway in Federal Court today
Ottawa's legal challenge of two rulings involving First Nations children taken from their families by an underfunded child-welfare system will be heard in Federal Court today. The federal government h...
Jun 14, 2021

Nathaniel Veltman, accused of killing four in London, Ont., set to appear in court
A court hearing is scheduled today for the man accused of deliberately striking and killing four members of a Muslim family with his truck in London, Ont. Nathaniel Veltman made a brief appearance in ...
Jun 14, 2021

Trial set to begin for Linda O'Leary, charged in fatal 2019 boat crash
A trial is set to begin today for Linda O'Leary, the wife of celebrity businessman Kevin O'Leary, who is charged in a boat crash that killed two people. The collision -- which took place on Lake Josep...
Jun 14, 2021

Trudeau pledges support for Ukraine, mum on support for next step in NATO membership
BRUSSELS - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is joining a meeting of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization with Canada reiterating its broad support for Ukraine, but not whether it will back a move by Ky...
Jun 13, 2021

Grande Prairie adds five new COVID-19 cases, three recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded five new COVID-19 cases and three recoveries for Saturday, June 12, bringing the City's active case total up by two to 53.In the County of Grande Prairie, there wer...
Jun 13, 2021

Montreal-area ambulance paramedics announce strike; say medical care to be maintained
MONTREAL - The union representing ambulance paramedics in the Montreal and Laval areas says just over 1,000 of its members will be on strike as of midnight. Union spokeswoman Eve-Marie Lacasse says th...
Jun 13, 2021

Police mourn death of Mountie killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan
Police are mourning the death of an RCMP officer killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan yesterday. Const. Shelby Patton was hit by an allegedly stolen truck that he had pulled over at about ...
Jun 13, 2021

After G-7, Biden says he's reestablishing US credibility
NEWQUAY, England (AP) - President Joe Biden on Sunday said the United States had restored its presence on the world stage as he used his first overseas trip since taking office to connect with a new g...
Jun 13, 2021