Congress leader Rahul Gandhi condoled the death of party spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi due to a cardiac arrest on Wednesday evening. Tyagi, who developed unease in the chest, was taken to hospital. He would have turned 54 in September. Taking to Twitter, Rahul Gandhi tweeted in Hindi, "Congress has lost one of its tigers today. Congress will forever remember his love for the party and struggles. I pay my homage to him and condolences to his family." Congress general secretary Priyanka Gandhi said, "The untimely death of Congress spokesperson Rajiv Tyagi is a matter of personal grief for me. His los

The federal government has announced an additional $305 million to help Indigenous Peoples combat COVID-19.Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the money is meant to help Indigenous communities prepare for emergencies and prevent the spread of the new coronavirus.He says communities can also use the money for a variety of other measures, including helping elders and vulnerable people, food insecurity, educational and other supports for children and mental health assistance.The new money will flow through the Indigenous community support fund, bringing the total amount to $685 million

The B-C Coroners Service and Vancouver police hope a new appeal will crack a 22-year-old cold case involving the death of a woman at the Broadway SkyTrain station. The woman has remained unidentified since her death in April 1998 and investigators hope someone will recognize her description. They say she was white, aged between 30 and 40, stood between 5-foot-6 and five-foot-seven, with brown hair, blue eyes and unpierced ears.The coroners service website carries an artist's facial reconstruction image of the woman and investigators hope this request for information will lead to details that

The leader of the Bloc Quebecois is demanding the resignations of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Finance Minister Bill Morneau and Trudeau's chief of staff, Katie Telford. Yves-Francois Blanchet says he will try to trigger an election in October if the three don't step down. Blanchet says the WE controversy and new details about a contract for small-business rent relief that went to a company employing Telford's husband, have shown that the Liberal government is no longer trustworthy. The Bloc leader says he has not yet had discussions with other opposition leaders to see if he would have the

To ensure schools are ready to welcome students into classrooms for the week of Sept. 8-11, 2020, there will be a gradual restart to allow extra time to orient students and staff on the new health and safety measures in place."Schools are going to look different in September," said Rob Fleming, Minister of Education. "Staff, students and parents need time to get familiar with all the new health and safety procedures that are designed to keep them safe and confident in their school settings." Starting Sept. 8, all staff will meet with their school's joint health and safety committee to receive

The British Columbia Coroners Service says two people have died after a Canadian fishing boat sank in waters west of Vancouver Island.The United States Coast Guard says it received a distress call early Tuesday advising the Arctic Fox II was in trouble more than 100 kilometres off the northwestern tip of Washington State.The 20-metre boat was gone by the time a helicopter reached the scene, but the coast guard says a single crew member was rescued from a lifeboat. The bodies of the other two crew members, who were both Canadian, have been recovered and the coroners s

Today's sitting of Parliament is expected to be the last one that will see Andrew Scheer in the role of Conservative leader.In addition to being an MP from Regina since 2004, he also served as the Speaker of the House of Commons from 2011 to 2015.It was after the Tories lost government in 2015, and the subsequent resignation of then-leader Stephen Harper, that Scheer decided to go for the leadership job.He won in 2017, eking out a very narrow victory over fellow MP Maxime Bernier.He spent the next two years trying to gain recognition across the country, while shoring up the party's war chest

There are 120,421 confirmed cases in Canada. Quebec: 60,718 confirmed (including 5,697 deaths, 53,135 resolved) Ontario: 40,194 confirmed (including 2,786 deaths, 36,456 resolved) Alberta: 11,772 confirmed (including 216 deaths, 10,552 resolved) British Columbia: 4,111 confirmed (including 195 deaths, 3,444 resolved) Saskatchewan: 1,479 confirmed (including 20 deaths, 1,294 resolved) Nova Scotia: 1,071 confirmed (including 64 deaths, 1,007 resolved) Manitoba: 547 confirmed (including 8 deaths, 360 resolved), 15 presumptive Newfoundland and Labrador: 268 confirmed (including 3 deaths, 263 reso

Adrian Dix, Minister of Health, and Dr. Bonnie Henry, B.C.’s provincial health officer, have issued a joint statement regarding updates on the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) response in British Columbia. "Today, we are announcing 46 new cases, for a total of 4,111 cases in British Columbia. "There are 472 active cases of COVID-19 in the province and 3,444 people who tested positive have recovered. "Currently, eight people are hospitalized with COVID-19, five of whom are in intensive care. The remaining people with COVID-19 are recovering at home in self-isolation. "There have been no new COVID