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Explosion in mail-in voting expected if election held amid pandemic

Elections Canada has commissioned a poll that suggests 21.8 per cent of voters would prefer to cast their ballots by mail if there is a federal election this fall. The poll shows 58 per cent would prefer to vote in-person at advance or election-day polling stations. Fewer than 50-thousand people cast ballots by mail in last year's election, but research suggests that number could shoot up to about four-million. That's prompting Elections Canada to warn an increased volume of mail-in ballots could delay the release of election results. ...

Tories ask speaking agency to release records on WE's payments to Trudeau family

The Conservatives are urging the speaking agency through which WE Charity paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to Justin Trudeau's family members to hand over documents about the arrangements.In a letter to Speakers' Spotlight, ...

Big increase of COVID-19 cases in Ontario and Alberta, 448 cases reported in Canada

There are 126,417 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,945 confirmed (including 5,747 deaths, 54,922 resolved) Ontario: 41,695 confirmed (including 2,802 deaths, 37,863 resolved) Alberta: 13,210 confirmed (including 235 deaths, ...

No grounds to charge officers in death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet:SIU

Ontario's police watchdog says there is no evidence that any of the six Toronto police officers in a woman's apartment when she fell to her death committed a crime. 29 year old Regis Korchinski-Paquet fell from a balcony in May. ...

At least one in three northern women sexually harassed, says StatCan survey

A survey from Statistics Canada says that more than one-third of women in the northern territories have been subjected to unwanted sexual behaviour in a public place.Almost as many have had the same experience at work and about a quarter have been targeted online. The survey says the numbers for women are roughly double what they are for men. Almost half the men and women victimized say they have changed their behaviour as a result.Overall, Statistics Canada finds the experience of women in Canada's North is roughly on par with those in the provinces.For both women and men, the survey says the...

Feds to give provinces $2B to bolster safe reopening of schools this fall

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says children must be safe in their classrooms and parents shouldn't be losing sleep over it.This morning he announced his government is providing up to two-billion-dollars in additional funding to h...

Pandemic-related disability support to cost feds $792 million, PBO says

The parliamentary budget office says a one-time payment to people with disabilities this fall will cost the federal treasury $792 million.The majority of that amount will go to about 1.67 million people in payments of up to $600,...

323 COVID-19 cases reported in Canada

There are 125,969 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 61,803 confirmed (including 5,746 deaths, 54,850 resolved) Ontario: 41,607 confirmed (including 2,800 deaths, 37,748 resolved) Alberta: 13,083 confirmed (including 235 deaths, ...

Erin O'Toole says he wants to see the Trudeau government address western alienation

The new leader of the federal Conservatives says while he isn't afraid to fight in a fall election, he wants to first try co-operating with the Liberal government to bring effective leadership to Canada during the pandemic. Erin O'Toole isn't saying if he will support Liberal's speech from the throne on September 23rd, which will lay out the government's post-pandemic plan and will be followed by a confidence vote. O'Toole says he wants to see the Trudeau government address western alienation. Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says as prime minister, he would lead a government that rebuilds th...

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Trudeau off to APEC in Peru, G20 summit in Brazil as peer nations brace for Trump

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to leave this afternoon for the APEC summit in Lima, Peru, followed by the G20 summit in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Both summits aim to improve the multilateral institutions that have drawn skepti...

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