OTTAWA — Canada is scheduled to receive two million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week as provinces continue to ramp up their immunization efforts. The two million shots represent the only expected shipments in what should be a...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Rigolet is a close-knit Labrador community of about 300 people where everyone knows each other. It should be a place where people feel safe, but resident Desiree Wolfrey says she’s constantly warning her three daughters to be o...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 400 a:.m. ET on Monday May 10, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 265,509 new vaccinations administered for a total of 15,917,555 doses given. Nationwide, 1,248,931 people or 3.3 p...

CARLA WILSONTimes Colonist A Tofino townhouse facing Chesterman Beach has sold for $1 million above its asking price as real estate markets continue to sizzle throughout Vancouver Island. Originally priced at $1.4 million, the strata unit commanded a...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday May 10, 2021.There are 1,286,666 confirmed cases in Canada.Canada: 1,286,666 confirmed cases (80,789 active, 1,181,251 resolved, 24,626 deaths).*The total case coun...

The joy of Komal Garg's first Mother's Day has been tempered with fear and frustration as she awaits the green light to start enjoying family life in the Toronto home she hasn't seen for months.She and her husband Hari Gopal Garg are stranded in Indi...

HALIFAX — A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.The April 30 letter of notice from the C...

REGINA — Saskatchewan is setting May 30 as the target date for the first step of its COVID-19 "Re-opening Roadmap." Premier Scott Moe is citing vaccinations and co-operation with public health measures as reasons the province can move forward.An an...

The B.C. Centre for Disease Control has issued a list of recent exposures on flights between Vancouver Island and the mainland in May.They are WestJet flight 3171 from Calgary to Comox on May 4 for rows one to six and 14 to 20.WestJet flight 3295 on ...

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — A gunman opened fire at a birthday party in Colorado, slaying six adults before killing himself Sunday, police said.The shooting happened just after midnight in a mobile home park on the east side of Colorado Springs, poli...

A Cedar woman who police were concerned about has been found safe, Nanaimo RCMP said Sunday.Police had asked for the public’s help on Saturday in finding the 50 year old woman, fearing she may have been injured.

A woman is in hospital with serious gunshot injuries after an officer-involved shooting on the Ucluelet First Nation early Saturday evening. RCMP officers went to a home in the 600-block of Albert Road after receiving a report of a disturbance an...

UCLUELET, B.C. — British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a woman suffered multiple gunshot wounds in Ucluelet, B.C.RCMP say they were called to a home just after 5 p.m. on Saturday after a report of a disturbance and a man needing...

Manitoba will shutter schools in two hard-hit regions and move students to online learning, officials announced Sunday, as several other provinces also tightened public health measures to limit the spread of COVID-19.While the overall number of new c...

OTTAWA — Canada should open its doors to military pilots from other countries as it seeks to address a critical shortage of experienced aviators to fly its helicopters and planes, according to the head of the Royal Canadian Air Force. In an interv...

HALIFAX — The chief executive of Atlantic Canada's largest airport is hoping for COVID-19 testing for arriving passengers "sooner rather than later," as an added measure to combat Nova Scotia's third wave of the pandemic.The Halifax International A...

WILMINGTON, Del. — Among the moneyed du Ponts, who preferred the privacy of their elegant homes and the offices and plants of the chemical company that bore their name, Pierre S. "Pete" du Pont IV was a bit of a rebel.Du Pont, who died Saturday at ...

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Medina Spirit’s victory in the Kentucky Derby is in serious jeopardy because of a failed postrace drug test, one that led Churchill Downs to suspend Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert on Sunday in the latest scandal to plague th...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):5:55 p.m.Alberta is reporting 1,633 new COVID-19 cases and two additional deaths.The new cases were identified from 15,509 tests, for a test-positivity rate of 10.3 per cent.There...

A COVID-19 vaccine likely won't be a requirement to return to the physical classroom at some universities in September, with several large schools saying they have no intention of mandating proof of immunization for students.Though some schools remai...