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Ontario is planning to ramp up COVID-19 vaccinations after facing criticism for scaling down operations over the holidays, while Alberta acknowledges it over-estimated how quickly it would be able to ...

OTTAWA - Canada's industry minister says the country faces mounting mental health concerns that the government will have to address in 2021. Navdeep Bains says he has heard more stories about the ment...

OTTAWA - A new poll suggests the premiers of Canada's three Prairie provinces are lagging counterparts from the rest of the country when it comes to how local residents feel they are managing the COVI...

WINNIPEG - The COVID-19 pandemic will shape Manitoba politics in many ways in 2021.There will be an ongoing attempt to control outbreaks of the novel coronavirus and to keep hospitals from being overw...

NEW YORK - A confrontation in which a man said a woman tackled his 14-year-old Black son in a New York City hotel lobby as she falsely accused the teen of stealing her phone is under investigation, ci...

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump lashed out at congressional Republicans on Tuesday after the House easily voted to override his veto of a defence policy bill. A total of 109 Republicans, including...

BEIJING - A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a former lawyer who reported on the early stage of the coronavirus outbreak to four years in prison on charges of "picking fights and provoking trouble," ...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - Coronavirus infections have barely touched many of the remote islands of the Pacific, but the pandemic's fallout has been enormous, disrupting the supply chain that brings crucial...

WILMINGTON, Del. - President-elect Joe Biden is warning of massive damage done to the national security apparatus by the Trump administration and "roadblocks" in communication between agency officials...

RALEIGH, N.C. - Former state Sen. Marc Basnight, a Democrat from North Carolina's barrier islands who became one of North Carolina's most powerful contemporary political leaders while serving a record...