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Health Canada authorizes plant-based, Canadian-developed COVID-19 vaccine

Health Canada authorized a new COVID-19 vaccine Thursday that it touted as the first greenlit shot to be developed by a Canadian company and the first to be made with plant-based technology. Known as ...

Feb 24, 2022

Oversight committee rules out mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON - An expert committee has determined there is no evidence of a mysterious brain disease in New Brunswick. The oversight committee of six neurologists was created last year after provincial...

Feb 24, 2022

Edmonton police say innocent man killed after officers fire on robbery suspect

EDMONTON - Police in Edmonton say officers shot and killed a robbery suspect Wednesday night, but an innocent man in a nearby apartment building was also hit by gunfire. Chief Dale McFee says the man ...

Feb 24, 2022

Prospect of protest 'convoy' in D.C. yet to fully coalesce as authorities get ready

WASHINGTON - An Ottawa-inspired "freedom convoy" is making its way to the U.S. capital, but as of now, it has little else in common with its Canadian namesake. Where the protests in Canada's capital w...

Feb 24, 2022

Russia attacks Ukraine, examining the Emergencies Act: In The News for Feb. 24

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......

Feb 24, 2022

Alberta aiming for budget rebound on soaring oil and natural gas prices

EDMONTON - It's budget day in Alberta, and Premier Jason Kenney says there will be a massive infusion of money for the health-care system. Kenney says the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed a system that h...

Feb 24, 2022

Alberta government promises historic health spending blitz in provincial budget

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says the provincial budget will include an unprecedented blitz of health-care spending powered by a roaring, re-energized economy. Kenney announced $1.8-billion...

Feb 23, 2022

Canada signs agreement with AstraZeneca on preventative COVID-19 treatment

OTTAWA - The Canadian government has signed an agreement with pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca to procure 100,000 doses of a COVID-19 antibody therapy that's still under review by Health Canada. A r...

Feb 23, 2022

Feds commit $140M to keep temporary staff hired to eliminate veterans' backlog

OTTAWA - Veterans Affairs Minister Lawrence MacAulay says the federal government will spend nearly $140 million over the next two years to retain temporary staff hired to deal with a backlog of disabi...

Feb 23, 2022

Law would allow news outlets to negotiate with digital giants for payment: minister

OTTAWA - Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is pressing ahead with plans to introduce a law to make digital media giants pay Canadian outlets for using their news. Speaking at a virtual confere...

Feb 23, 2022