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WINNIPEG - The Manitoba government registered its first budget surplus in more than a decade in the fiscal year that ended in March, although it is expected to drop back in the red this year due to th...

OTTAWA - Aid agencies welcomed Canada's commitment on Tuesday of an extra $400 million in development and humanitarian spending to combat COVID-19. The new money will go to "to trusted partners on the...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:37 p.m. EDT on Sept. 29, 2020: There are 156,967 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 73,450 confirmed (including 5,833 deaths, 62,095 ...

OTTAWA, Ill. - The federal government's economic recovery plan has inspired some confidence that it will create jobs and a stronger economy in future, a new poll suggests. But, in the meantime, the va...

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting seven presumptive cases of COVID-19 at a mine in the western region of the territory.  Dr. Michael Patterson, the territory's chief public health officer, ...

CALGARY - A Calgary hospital was postponing surgeries and restricting visitors Monday as the number of people infected in multiple COVID-19 outbreaks climbed.  Alberta Health Services said 26 pat...

EDMONTON - Dr. Amy Tan has worked as a family physician in Alberta for 16 years. Tan, who practices at a teaching clinic and provides palliative care in Calgary, had planned to keep working in the pro...

Quebec moved its most populous regions to a maximum alert-level on Monday and Ontario declared itself in the grips of a second COVID-19 wave as both provinces grappled with rising caseloads. Premier F...

Seven Canadian families are suing an Ontario sperm bank, alleging they were misled about their donor's background, including a potentially debilitating genetic condition. The families - who've la...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): --- 6:51 p.m. B.C.'s provincial health officer is once again appealing to residents to stay close to home and keep social circle...