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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,634 new COVID-19 cases and 32 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus.Authorities say tod...

OTTAWA - The premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan are condemning Joe Biden's plan to scrap the Keystone XL pipeline expansion on his first day as U.S. president. Biden's plan is outlined in transition...

OTTAWA - Transport Canada has announced that it will allow the return of Boeing Max aircraft to service in Canadian airspace on Wednesday. More coming. The Canadian Press

NANAIMO - Well used Kinsmen Participark will be closed this week, signifying the first of a few overhauls expected in 2021.The city's manager of parks operations Charlotte Davis said the forested park...

WASHINGTON - So what does a 50-50 Senate get President-elect Joe Biden? Washington has barely had time to process the implications of Democratic control after two Georgia runoff elections that are del...

MANILA, Philippines - Coronavirus infections in the Philippines have surged past 500,000 in a new bleak milestone with the government facing criticism for failing to immediately launch a vaccination p...

WARSAW, Poland - Extreme cold and snow have hit large parts of Europe, with freezing temperatures causing causing railroad tracks in Poland to crack and snow blanketing most of the Turkish city of Ist...

KAMPALA, Uganda - The opposition party of Ugandan presidential challenger Bobi Wine said on Monday that police have prevented top officials from going to their headquarters in the capital, Kampala, as...

TOKYO - Japan's foreign minister accused South Korea on Monday of worsening already strained ties by making "illegal" demands for compensation for the sexual abuse of Korean women and use of forced la...

MAMUJU, Indonesia - Aid was reaching the thousands of people left homeless and struggling after an earthquake that killed at least 84 people on an Indonesian island where rescuers intensified their wo...