Police are mourning the death of an RCMP officer killed in the line of duty in rural Saskatchewan yesterday. Const. Shelby Patton was hit by an allegedly stolen truck that he had pulled over at about 8 a.m. in Wolseley, Sask.Assistant Commissioner Rh...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. There are 1,401,006 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 1,401,006 confirmed cases (17,599 active, 1,357,493 resolved, 25,914 deaths).*The total case ...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday June 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 398,766 new vaccinations administered for a total of 28,624,871 doses given. Nationwide, 4,330,038 people or 11 p...

EDMONTON — Alberta is launching a multimillion-dollar lottery in a bid to encourage more residents to get a COVID-19 vaccine. Premier Jason Kenney unveiled some details of the "Open for Summer Vaccine Lottery" in a video posted to his Twitter accou...

A 26-year-old RCMP constable hailed as a model officer was struck and killed by a truck he pulled over in rural Saskatchewan on Saturday, sending shock waves through his tight-knit policing community and the small town where he died. Const. Shelby Pa...

VICTORIA — The British Columbia Liberal Party says last fall's election defeat was caused by factors that included an unenthusiastic campaign platform, an uncomfortable leader and widespread perception within the party it was destined to lose. The ...

Victoria police are hoping to reunite a lost dog with its owner, a victim of a violent attack in downtown Victoria on June 11.The dog, described as a brown pitbull named Camper, who wears a pink collar, was last seen in the 700-block of Government St...

Campbell River RCMP are asking for the public’s help in identifying three young people after the outdoor décor of a home on Soderholm Road near Apple Drive was vandalized early in the morning on June 12.Police are not releasing images of the young...

MONTREAL — The Quebec and federal governments unveiled plans on Saturday a central place for the province's Indigenous communities to go for support over former residential schools, easing concerns that the process would be mired in red tape. Indig...

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh was pacing.The New Democrat leader, who typically starts his day with music or meditation followed by a virtual meeting with his team, was poised to address the House of Commons about terror and tragedy in less than an hour.S...

COPENHAGEN (AP) — Denmark midfielder Christian Eriksen was taken to a hospital Saturday after collapsing on the field during a match at the European Championship.The governing body of European soccer said Eriksen has been stabilized and the Danish ...

OTTAWA — Canada paid a premium to get more than 250,000 doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine delivered last December, weeks earlier than planned. The detail is contained in heavily redacted contracts released to the House of Commons health committe...

Lawyer Teri Lynn Bougie still cries when she talks about the final message on her answering machine years ago from a residential school survivor, back when she was battling with federal government lawyers over his compensation. "We went roun...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):2:30 p.m.Manitoba is reporting five new deaths among people with COVID-19 and 294 new cases of the virus.All of those who died were over 60, and four of the five were from the Wi...

Esquimalt is getting its first infusion of family practitioners in years with the announcement of a new urgent and primary care centre.The province will open the ­so-called UPCC — the fifth on the Island — in three units of an outdoor strip mall...

First, we should acknowledge the lunacy of allowing me to write about science. When it comes to physics or geology or astronomy, let’s just say that my pool of knowledge is not about to burst its banks. My understanding of such fields topped ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Separate bombs hit two minivans in a mostly Shiite neighborhood in the Afghan capital Saturday, killing at least seven people and wounding six others, the Interior Ministry said.The explosions targeted minivans on the same...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia says this year's hajj pilgrimage will be limited to no more than 60,000 people, all of them from within the kingdom, due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.The kingdom made the announcement Saturday ...

OTTAWA — Almost three dozen Canadian pharmaceutical companies made a direct appeal to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last month to delay the new drug pricing regulations for a third time.The companies, including all four of the drugmakers behind the...

VANCOUVER — As stories of the horrors of residential schools circulate after the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc First Nation announced it had located what are believed to be the remains of 215 children, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip of the Union of B.C. Indi...