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New Brunswick premier won't attend first ministers meeting because of COVID-19
FREDERICTON - A spokeswoman for New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs says he will not attend the first ministers meeting today in Ottawa now that his province has reported its first presumptive cas...
Mar 12, 2020
Fate of NHL season unclear after NBA campaign suspended for positive coronavirus test
NEW YORK - The NHL says it is evaluating its options for the rest of the 2019-20 season after the NBA suspended its season until further notice on Wednesday night. The NBA made its decision after...
Mar 12, 2020
Beothuk remains returned to Newfoundland after almost two centuries in Scotland
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The remains of two Indigenous people have been returned to Newfoundland from Scotland after being stolen from a grave site on the island almost two centuries ago. Representatives fr...
Mar 12, 2020
Defence in Schlatter trial to call man they say could be alternate suspect
TORONTO - Defence lawyers for a Toronto man accused of strangling a young woman are expected to call as a witness today a man they suggest could be an alternate suspect. Lawyers representing Kale...
Mar 12, 2020
Iran to call dead medical staff 'martrys' as virus kills 291
TEHRAN, Iran - Iran will recognize doctors and nurses who die combating the new coronavirus as "martyrs" like slain soldiers, the country's supreme leader announced Tuesday as the outbreak killed 54 m...
Mar 12, 2020
Trump's ban on travel from Europe poses questions for Canada-U.S. border
WASHINGTON - U.S. President Donald Trump is slamming America's door on most foreign nationals who were recently in Europe - a drastic step in response to an accelerating global pandemic that, should i...
Mar 12, 2020
German intel puts part of far-right party under surveillance
BERLIN - Germany's domestic intelligence agency says it is formally placing parts of the far-right Alternative for Germany party under surveillance after classifying it as extremist. Thomas Haldenwang...
Mar 12, 2020
A high-profile diagnosis and Canadian leaders to meet; In The News for March 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of March 12 ... Wha...
Mar 12, 2020
Prosecutors question credibility of Kalen Schlatter at his murder trial
TORONTO - A Toronto man accused of killing a young woman denied Tuesday that he led her to a secluded area, forced himself on her and left her dead body crumpled at the bottom of a stairwell. Prosecut...
Mar 12, 2020
Trudeau to announce COVID-19 aid measures Wednesday
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to announce federal funding to help provincial health-care systems cope with the increasing numbers of Canadians infected with the new coronavirus and to help worke...
Mar 12, 2020