National News

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 Aug. 11. What we are watching in Canada ...

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OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced an additional $25 million in aid to help the people of Lebanon struggling to recover from last week's devastating explosion in Beirut.

MONTREAL — Quebec Superior Court has granted a stay to English school boards challenging a provincial government law abolishing them, pending the outcome of a legal challenge on its merits.

OTTAWA — A quiet choice this spring to have the Crown corporation responsible for helping Canadians obtain affordable housing run a commercial rent-relief program during the COVID-19 pandemic has become the latest front in a war between the Liberal g

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 6:08 p.m. on Aug. 10, 2020: There are 120,132 confirmed cases in Canada.

MONTREAL — Quebec's updated back-to-school plan requires students in Grade 5 and up to wear masks in all common areas of school buildings, but not in the classroom.

Ottawa police are investigating after someone yelled obscenities at a member of federal Infrastructure Minister Catherine McKenna's staff, video of which was posted to social media.

Plans are being made across the country for how to safely send students back to school in the fall as the COVID-19 pandemic continues. Here is a look at what the various provinces have said about getting kids back to classes.

SHANNON, Que. — The circumstances surrounding the death of a four-year-old girl whose body was found in a neighbour's pool remain unclear, Quebec provincial police said Monday.