Murray Wood: A star-crossed leader is beset by floor-crossing MPs
Murray Wood says Pierre Poilievre has suffered some bad timing in his career as Conservative leader, but the question is...
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Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care
OTTAWA - Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care. First ministers are scheduled to meet via...
Dec 09, 2020
Minks test positive for COVID-19 on B.C. farm where workers sick
ABBOTSFORD, B.C. - A COVID-19 outbreak at a British Columbia mink farm likely spread from eight workers to some of the animals, says the province's chief veterinarian. Test results from five mink samp...
Dec 09, 2020
COVID-19 detected in Yellowknife wastewater, some people asked to get tested
The government of the Northwest Territories says it has found COVID-19 in wastewater in Yellowknife. The N.W.T.'s chief public health officer, Dr. Kami Kondola, says this means there is likely an unde...
Dec 09, 2020
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 9
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:19 p.m. As B.C.'s provincial health officer announced workers at long-term care homes would be the first to get the COVID-19 v...
Dec 09, 2020
Health Canada approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech Wednesday, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide as early as next Tuesday. The department also rele...
Dec 09, 2020
Program to give residency to 'guardian angel' asylum-seekers to open next week
OTTAWA - Some asylum-seekers who toiled on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis earlier this year will be able to apply for permanent residency in Canada beginning Dec. 14. The federal government an...
Dec 09, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 9
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. There are 429,035 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 429,035 confirmed cases (71,968 active, 3...
Dec 09, 2020
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa expects to receive up to 249,000 doses...
Dec 09, 2020
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. There are 429,035 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 429,035 confirmed cases (71,968 active, 344...
Dec 08, 2020
Kovrig, Spavor are 'inspiring' and 'robust' in Chinese prison, says Canada's envoy
OTTAWA - Michael Kovrig and Michael Spavor are physically and mentally well and showing inspiring resilience as they near the end of their second year of imprisonment by the People's Republic, says Ca...
Dec 08, 2020
OPINION
Sarah Mills: A lifetime smoking ban in the UK may be a step too far
Sarah Mills says there are great health-care costs associated with smoking, but those costs are also associated with obe...
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8:30 - Construction for the AI data centre in the RM of Sherwood is set to begin this spring, but many residents in the ...