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The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 48,362 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,602,365 ...

WASHINGTON - The Biden administration is moving slowly but surely toward reengaging with the Palestinians after a near total absence of official contact during former President Donald Trump's four yea...

OTTAWA - Treasury Board President Jean-Yves Duclos is stepping aside due to illness.Duclos says in a statement that he felt persistent chest pain over the past several days.He went to hospital on Sund...

TORONTO - A judge accused of lying to a disciplinary committee said on Tuesday that he did indeed give up all involvement with a Black federation he helped found out of fear he would be suspended from...

EDMONTON - Alberta says public consultations on its plans to expand coal-mining will begin March 29 but there's no decision yet on how they will go ahead. "I have directed my department officials to b...

AUSTIN, Texas - Top board leaders of Texas' embattled power grid operator said Tuesday they will resign following outrage over more than 4 million customers losing electricity last week during a deadl...

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The psychiatrist who diagnosed Cpl. Lionel Desmond with post-traumatic stress disorder in 2011 told a fatality inquiry Tuesday that the soldier had great difficulty dealing wit...

TORONTO - An isolation centre where migrant farm workers in southwestern Ontario recover from COVID-19 may have to close next month due to a funding shortfall created by a shift in federal support. In...

OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau and his Australian counterpart Scott Morrison have agreed to continue "co-ordinating efforts" to ensure the revenues of web giants are shared more fairly with creators and medi...

WASHINGTON - The Senate on Tuesday voted overwhelmingly to confirm Tom Vilsack as agriculture secretary, his second run at the Cabinet post. The former Iowa governor spent eight years leading the same...