The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 21,469 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,064,245 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021.There are 801,057 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 801,057 confirmed cases (45,711 active, 734,644 resolved, 20,702 deaths).*The total case count in...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Elections Newfoundland and Labrador says more than 33,000 people have voted in the province's advance polls.The province released figures late on Saturday indicating 33,523 was the final tally of votes, up from 21,289 at the sing...

VANCOUVER — A peer-support worker who helps youth with mental health challenges says being involuntarily detained in a psychiatric facility half a dozen times has given him insight into the lack of legal protections for vulnerable patients in Briti...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 6, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 21,469 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,064,245 doses given. The provinces have administered doses...

SURREY, B.C. — Fraser Health says patients at the Irene Thomas Hospice in Delta, B.C., will have to transfer as the health authority prepares to take over from operators who refused to provide medical assistance in dying.It says in a statement the ...

Victoria police are looking for witnesses after a man was assaulted Friday night in Bastion Square. According to the Major Crime Unit, the assault happened between 6and 7:30 p.m. along the Bastion Square walkway between Government and Langley str...

It may be time to layer up and dust off the tuques and mittens — it’s about to get cold across Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement ahead of an expected transition to “muc...

The fleet maintenance facility at the federal dockyard is being sanitized and contact tracing carried out after three cases of COVID-19 were detected at Canadian Forces Base in Esquimalt this week. In an emailed statement, Lt.-Cmdr. Tony Wright.,...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 6, 2021.There are 801,057 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 801,057 confirmed cases (45,711 active, 734,644 resolved, 20,702 deaths).*The total case count ...

Canada crossed another disheartening threshold in the COVID-19 pandemic on Saturday, even as the country's top doctor said there are hopeful signs with case counts and hospitalizations gradually trending downward. The national tally of total case...

OTTAWA — Health Canada is reassuring parents that baby foods sold in the country are safe after reviewing the results of a U.S. investigation into levels of toxic metals in products from several major manufacturers. The department says in an em...

BLOOMINGDALE, Ill. — Police say one person was killed and several others were injured in a shooting at a hotel in the Chicago suburb of Bloomingdale. Police said officers who responded about 2:35 a.m. Saturday to a report of shots fired on the fift...

VANCOUVER — Environment Canada has issued snowfall warnings for two mountain passes in B.C.'s southern Interior, while extreme cold warnings are also in effect for several northern regions of the province. The agency says in a bulletin posted today...

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, died at age 61 after years of surgeries and treatments for brain cancer, her family announced Saturday.Susan Bayh died Friday night in McLean, Virgi...

INDIANAPOLIS — Former Indiana first lady Susan Bayh, an attorney and wife of former Gov. Evan Bayh, has died at age 61 "after a long and courageous fight" against brain cancer, her family announced Saturday.Susan Bayh died Friday night in McLean, V...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):7:30 p.m.The federal government says Canada has now logged more than 800,000 cases of COVID-19. It says there have been 801,057 total infections and 20,702 deaths since the virus ...

BOSTON — A man is warning people against using headphones while falling asleep after health care workers had to remove a wireless earbud from his esophagus.Worcester resident Brad Gauthier, who detailed his bizarre experience in a Facebook post, we...

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia's Liberals named a youthful former cabinet minister and self-described agent of generational change to take the helm as they voted Saturday for Iain Rankin to become party leader and the province's next premier.Rankin, 37, edg...

You might recall a December column in which I urged weary readers to maintain COVID discipline, keep their Christmas celebrations small and hang on for what I assured them would be the best Family Day ever. This, of course, was a typographical er...