The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday March 30, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 187,207 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,300,964 doses given. Nationwide, 672,214 people or 1.8 per c...

The federal government is expecting around 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the United States today.The vaccines are expected to arrive by truck and represent the first to come from south of the border.Provincial governments d...

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. The military commander handling logistics for Canada's vaccine distribution program...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday March 30, 2021.There are 971,715 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 971,715 confirmed cases (45,208 active, 903,607 resolved, 22,900 deaths).*The total case count incl...

SUEZ, Egypt — Experts on Tuesday boarded the massive container ship that had blocked Egypt's vital Suez Canal and disrupted global trade for nearly a week, seeking answers to a single question that could mean billions of dollars in legal implicatio...

The province is laying out new rules requiring younger students to wear masks at school, while Island Health is anticipating “significant numbers” of exposures in schools in the coming weeks. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry announc...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 29, 2021.There are 971,715 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 971,715 confirmed cases (45,208 active, 903,607 resolved, 22,900 deaths).*The total case count in...

EDMONTON — The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description of committee members as provided by the Alberta E...

The Saanich Fire Department is investigating the cause of a house fire on Parker Avenue in the Cordova Bay area early Sunday morning. There were no injuries in the blaze. A crew of 19 firefighters extinguished the fire by 7 a.m.

JOLIETTE, Que. — A coroner's inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and employees moving from one facility to another.The first day of the inques...

EDMONTON — Alberta has struck a "fiercely independent" five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage said the committee is expected to report by mid-November. C...

VANCOUVER — American authorities are violating international law by bringing fraud charges against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that have no connection to the United States, a defence lawyer argues.Gib van Ert told a British Columbia Supreme Court...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 editorial published in Moose Jaw Today did not mee...

WINNIPEG — Manitoba has brought in age restrictions for the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine while health officials closely watch the rise in variants of concern.Dr. Joss Reimer, medical lead of the province's vaccine committee, says the AstraZeneca vacc...

Restrictions clamping down on indoor dining, travel, and indoor worship amid “exponential growth” of COVID-19 cases were introduced by the province on Monday.New and amended orders and guidelines are in effect until April 19 to address surging CO...

VICTORIA — British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid spread of the virus, says the provincial health of...

OTTAWA — A parliamentary hearing on the federal government’s now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on behalf of one of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau...

Local real estate company Engel & Volkers has severed ties with one of its agents after allegations of sexual assault were posted on social media. “As we work to uncover more details about these allegations, we can confirm that the agent ha...

VICTORIA — Students at the University of British Columbia's Okanagan campus will soon be able to receive an Indigenous language fluency degree. Anne Kang, B.C.'s minister of advanced education and skills training, says the new bachelor's degree of ...

WINNIPEG — Federal Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says Canada has to work closely with its allies to counterbalance China's actions while recognizing that could mean risks to Canadian exports. O'Toole spoke Monday to Winnipeg's business community...