Canada news - NewsLocker

WE Charity contract could have been worth up to $43.53 million, says Chagger

16-07-2020 23:02 via cbc.ca

WE Charity could have received as much as $43 million for meeting the commitments it agreed to when it took on the administration of a $900 million student grant program — $22 million more than previously announced — a federal cabinet minister said today.

Read more
Calgary estate sale auctioning Indigenous items brings calls for repatriation

16-07-2020 22:17 via cbc.ca

An estate sale in Calgary has hundreds of Indigenous items, including pipes, moccasins, beadwork and regalia up for auction, and is prompting calls from Indigenous youth to repatriate the items.

Read more
Does a Plastic Free July seem crazy right now? Maybe not

16-07-2020 22:11 via cbc.ca

In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at why advocates and participants say there are good reasons to take part in Plastic Free July and the bold bet a Danish energy company made.

Read more
Cirque du Soleil agrees to 'stalking horse' takeover bid from lenders worth $375M

16-07-2020 21:31 via cbc.ca

Cirque du Soleil Entertainment Group said on Thursday it reached a new purchase agreement with its secured lenders, in a move that would help kick-start the bidding process for the financially strapped circus troupe.

Read more
Advertisement
Sidelined: Even a top job like league commissioner offers no immunity from racism

16-07-2020 21:00 via cbc.ca

While the rise to the corner office in sports leadership is a struggle for people of colour in North America, even those who hold the top jobs are not immune to the prejudice and systemic racism that pervade sports as they do other parts of society.

Read more
June was the worst month for overdose deaths in B.C. history

16-07-2020 21:00 via cbc.ca

For the second consecutive month, a record number of deaths due to illicit drugs has been reported in B.C.

Read more
Federal government to provide provinces and territories with $19B to 'safely restart' economy

16-07-2020 20:35 via cbc.ca

The federal government will provide $19 billion to the provinces and territories to help fund a "safe restart" of the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday.

Read more
Federal government to provide provinces and territories with $19B for 'safe restart' of economy

16-07-2020 20:35 via cbc.ca

The federal government will provide $19 billion to the provinces and territories to help fund a "safe restart" of the Canadian economy, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today.

Read more
Advertisement
Prime minister updates Canadians about restarting economy

16-07-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to make an announcement about the safe restart of the economy.

Read more
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks to reporters

16-07-2020 20:25 via cbc.ca

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau holds a press conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.

Read more
Quebec's health minister may close bars if there's proof they're behind rise in COVID-19 cases

16-07-2020 19:25 via cbc.ca

Quebec has reported 142 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours — the highest daily total since late June. Health Minister Christian Dubé says he wants outbreaks analyzed to see if they are directly linked to bars.

Read more
Canada's higher COVID-19 death rate tied to better chronic disease control

16-07-2020 19:25 via cbc.ca

More Canadians live longer with chronic disease, putting them at greater risk of dying from COVID-19, heart researchers say.

Read more
Legal groups launch court application over sharing of COVID-19 test data with police

16-07-2020 17:48 via cbc.ca

A group of legal and civil liberty organizations is looking to challenge an Ontario law that allows personal information about people with COVID-19 to be shared with police.

Read more
Some good news from around the country on Thursday

16-07-2020 17:20 via cbc.ca

With much of the world struggling through the COVID-19 pandemic, there are still some good-news stories to report. Here's a brief roundup.

Read more
U.S. jobless claim numbers fall to pandemic-era low, but still 1.3M new applicants last week

16-07-2020 17:03 via cbc.ca

Initial claims for U.S. government jobless benefits fell to 1.3 million in the week ended July 11, the lowest level during the pandemic but still a troublingly high level for an economy four months into a global health crisis.

Read more
Ethics commissioner launches investigation into Morneau's involvement in WE Charity contract

16-07-2020 17:01 via cbc.ca

The federal ethics commissioner will probe Finance Minister Bill Morneau's participation in a cabinet decision to award a multimillion-dollar summer student grants contract to WE Charity.

Read more
Judge calls for review after CSIS fails to flag info likely obtained illegally

16-07-2020 17:00 via cbc.ca

A federal judge says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to disclose its reliance on information that was likely collected illegally when seeking warrants to probe extremism.

Read more
Federal judge calls for review of CSIS over latest failure on warrants

16-07-2020 17:00 via cbc.ca

A federal judge says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to disclose its reliance on information that was likely collected illegally when seeking warrants to probe extremism.

Read more
Federal judge calls for CSIS review over failure to disclose reliance on information likely obtained illegally

16-07-2020 17:00 via cbc.ca

A federal judge says the Canadian Security Intelligence Service failed to disclose its reliance on information that was likely collected illegally when seeking warrants to probe extremism.

Read more
Quebec police say Martin Carpentier is possibly on the move, scavenging to stay alive

16-07-2020 16:37 via cbc.ca

Quebec provincial police say they have reason to believe Martin Carpentier, the man wanted in connection with the deaths of his two daughters, was inside a trailer in the densely wooded area around Saint-Apollinaire, Que., and may be raiding chalets, trailers and campsites in an effort to evade police and stay alive.

Read more
Police say Quebec man wanted in connection with death of his two daughters is possibly still on the move

16-07-2020 16:37 via cbc.ca

Quebec provincial police say they have reason to believe Martin Carpentier, the man wanted in connection with the deaths of his two daughters, was inside a trailer in the densely wooded area around Saint-Apollinaire, Que., and may be raiding chalets, trailers and campsites in an effort to evade police and stay alive.

Read more
Nick Cannon apologizes to Jewish community for 'hurtful and divisive' words

16-07-2020 16:14 via cbc.ca

Nick Cannon apologized to the Jewish community late Wednesday for his 'hurtful and divisive' words, a day after ViacomCBS severed ties with him for remarks made on a podcast.

Read more
Why hundreds of Quebecers are turning to social media to make sexual misconduct accusations

16-07-2020 15:32 via cbc.ca

Since early July, several Instagram accounts have been created for victims of sexual violence to tell their stories online, bypassing the often difficult process of filing a police complaint and going through the court system.

Read more
Russian hackers targeted Canadian COVID-19 vaccine research, intelligence agency says

16-07-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca

A Russian hacking group has gone after COVID-19-related vaccine research in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., according to Canada's cyber spies.

Read more
Russian group targeted COVID-19 vaccine research in Canada, U.S. and U.K., say intelligence agencies

16-07-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca

A hacker group "almost certainly" backed by Russia has tried to steal COVID-19-related vaccine research in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., according to intelligence agencies in all three countries.

Read more
Russia targeted COVID-19 vaccine research in Canada, U.S. and U.K., say intelligence agencies

16-07-2020 15:14 via cbc.ca

A Russian-backed hacking group has tried to steal COVID-19-related vaccine research in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S., according to intelligence agencies in all three countries.

Read more
Climate change makes freak Siberian heat 600 times likelier, study says

16-07-2020 15:10 via cbc.ca

Nearly impossible without man-made global warming, this year's freak Siberian heat wave is producing climate change's most flagrant footprint of extreme weather, a new flash study says.

Read more
Twitter breach troubling, undermines trust, experts say

16-07-2020 13:43 via cbc.ca

A breach in Twitter's security that allowed hackers to break into the accounts of leaders and technology moguls is one of the worst attacks in recent years and may shake trust in a platform politicians and CEOs use to communicate with the public, experts said Thursday.

Read more
FBI probing Twitter breach that saw hackers target high-profile accounts

16-07-2020 13:43 via cbc.ca

The FBI's San Francisco office said on Thursday it has launched an investigation after hackers accessed Twitter's internal systems to hijack accounts for high-profile people.

Read more
U.S. House Speaker Pelosi urges Trump to 'ask for directions' on COVID-19 crisis

16-07-2020 13:04 via cbc.ca

U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday compared President Donald Trump to "the man who refuses to ask for directions" as she pleaded with the White House to seek input from the nation's scientific leaders to reverse the spike in coronavirus cases and rising COVID-19 deaths.

Read more
U.S. coronavirus cases rise by a record 70,000 in single day

16-07-2020 13:04 via cbc.ca

The United States reported at least 70,000 new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, a record daily increase for the seventh time this month, according to a Reuters tally.

Read more
Spain honours pandemic victims and heroes in solemn ceremony

16-07-2020 13:04 via cbc.ca

Spain paid tribute Thursday to the nation's victims of the novel coronavirus and workers who put their lives at risk during the worst of the pandemic with a solemn state ceremony in Madrid. Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world.

Read more
Florida sets new daily record for COVID-19 deaths

16-07-2020 13:04 via cbc.ca

Florida reported the largest one-day increase in deaths from the novel coronavirus since the pandemic began and its second-largest increase in cases ever on Thursday. Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world.

Read more
Australia's COVID-19 hot spot marks new daily case record

16-07-2020 13:04 via cbc.ca

Australia's coronavirus hot spot — the state of Victoria — is reporting a record 317 newly confirmed cases in a day. The tally for Thursday surpassed the state's previous high of 288 on July 10. Here's the latest on the pandemic from around the world.

Read more
How a Thunder Bay cellphone drive launched a movement to make digital access a human right

16-07-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca

What started off as a cellphone drive for people living on low incomes in Thunder Bay, Ont., has quickly grown into a provincial coalition that is calling on the federal and provincial governments to recognize digital access as a human right.

Read more
Cross-border wedding day brings families in U.S. and Canada together over barbed wire fence

16-07-2020 13:00 via cbc.ca

It’s not the wedding Karianne Jensen had in mind for her daughter’s big day but, for better or worse, it’s one she says she’ll never forget.

Read more
Toronto family forced to dismantle, move backyard 'pirate ship' after complaint to city

16-07-2020 11:00 via cbc.ca

It was a labour of love when John Konstantinidis built a large "pirate ship" in his backyard to bring his kids joy in the middle of the pandemic. Now, after a visit from Toronto bylaw officers, he has to dismantle the structure, move it, and reassemble it.

Read more
Socialite to alleged sex trafficker: Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?

16-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

On the cover of tabloid magazines and invited to the biggest events in Britain, socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was part of high society. Now she's charged with helping to recruit three girls — one as young as 14 — to be sexually abused by convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, who died last year.

Read more
MPs begin probe into government's choice of WE Charity for student grant contract

16-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

A parliamentary committee will begin its probe today into the federal government's decision to task the WE Charity — which has ties to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's family — with administering a $900-million summer student grant program.

Read more
Libya 'one hell of a mess' as civil war spirals into international free-for-all

16-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Nine years after NATO helped oust strongman Moammar Gadhafi, Libya's civil war continues, with the west largely abandoning it as ceasefires are broken and embargoes ignored.

Read more
Hotline became lifeline for migrant workers secretly reporting poor conditions on Canadian farms

16-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Advocates for migrant farm workers in Canada say a culture of fear led temporary workers to secretly call a hotline to report poor conditions on their farms during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Read more
Health charities in Canada hit with historic loss in revenue during COVID-19

16-07-2020 10:00 via cbc.ca

Canada's health charities expect to raise less than half of their normal funds this year because of COVID-19. The financial hit means delays in disease research and fewer supports for people with a variety of illnesses.

Read more
Why B.C.'s former health officer wants to produce legal heroin

16-07-2020 06:00 via cbc.ca

British Columbia's former provincial health officer, Dr. Perry Kendall, has been a harm-reduction advocate for decades. Now, he's planning to launch a company to produce a domestic supply of affordable, legal and pharmaceutical-grade heroin to be used "as a medication for therapy and treatment, but also … to try and cut down the number of unfortunate and preventable deaths that we're currently seeing." Today on Front Burner, a conversation with Kendall about a safer supply of drugs and th

Read more
Scientists discover new species of sponge on deep-sea reefs off B.C.'s coast

16-07-2020 04:50 via cbc.ca

The new species — called Desmacella hyalina — was discovered using an underwater robot that travelled along the ocean floor, surveying reefs and collecting samples.

Read more
Ontario's police watchdog called in after man, 73, fatally shot following dispute over wearing mask in store

16-07-2020 02:40 via cbc.ca

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after police shot and killed a 73-year-old man in Haliburton County who had previously refused to wear a mask and assaulted a grocery store employee.

Read more
Ontario police shoot man dead hours after mask dispute leads to alleged assault

16-07-2020 02:40 via cbc.ca

Ontario's police watchdog is investigating after police shot and killed a 73-year-old man in Haliburton County who had previously refused to wear a mask and allegedly assaulted a grocery store employee.

Read more
Buffalo Project calls for new deal for Alberta, Saskatchewan

16-07-2020 01:52 via cbc.ca

A political action group is calling on the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan to forge a new deal with the federal government.

Read more
WE Charity announces restructuring amid student grant controversy

16-07-2020 00:35 via cbc.ca

WE Charity will undergo a major restructuring and corporate review after it became embroiled in controversy when the charity was tasked with administering a $900-million summer student grant program despite the close ties it has with the Trudeau family.

Read more
Biden, Obama, tech moguls' Twitter accounts hacked in apparent bitcoin scam

16-07-2020 00:28 via cbc.ca

Con artists on Wednesday apparently hacked into the Twitter accounts of politicians, technology moguls and major companies in an apparent bitcoin scam.

Read more
Diversity, inclusivity dominates Polaris Music Prize shortlist

16-07-2020 00:21 via cbc.ca

Musical acts representing a diversity of races and cultures — from Edmonton-based indigenous rock act nehiyawak and Filipino-Canadian quintet Pantayo to Montreal-based transgender rapper Backxwash — are among the finalists for the 2020 Polaris Music Prize.

Read more

21 Jul 2020 20 Jul 2020 19 Jul 2020 18 Jul 2020 17 Jul 2020

16 Jul 2020

15 Jul 2020 14 Jul 2020 13 Jul 2020 12 Jul 2020 11 Jul 2020