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OTTAWA - The federal government says its preliminary deficit for the last fiscal year was $314 billion, an unprecedented figure caused by an equally unprecedented economic shock. The early deficit fig...

OTTAWA - MediaQMI journalists are not allowed access to exhibits that were once part of a Quebec court file, the Supreme Court of Canada has ruled. The 5-4 decision came Friday in a case that began fi...

BERLIN (AP) - The European Medicines Agency on Friday recommended that the use of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer and BioNTech be expanded to children ages 12 to 15, a decision that offers youn...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - Malaysia's prime minister says a total coronavirus lockdown will be imposed in the country, with all business and economic activities to be halted for two weeks to contai...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Americans increased their spending by 0.5% in April, a slowdown after a massive gain in March that had been powered by the distribution of billions of dollars in individual stimulus ...

PARIS (AP) - A man with severe schizophrenia who had been on a watch list for Islamic radicalism stabbed a police officer at her station Friday in western France and shot two other officers before pol...

ABOARD HMS QUEEN ELIZABETH (AP) - As tensions with Russia simmer, thousands of NATO troops, several warships and dozens of aircraft are taking part in military exercises stretching across the Atlantic...

HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong media tycoon and outspoken pro-democracy activist Jimmy Lai was sentenced to more jail time Friday over his role in an anti-government protest in 2019, as authorities crack ...

OTTAWA - Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcam. "Last night, while attending House of Commons proceedings virtually, in a non-public setting, I urinated without realizi...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Friday, May 28, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 408,034 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,346,755...