Canada

Canada should roll out second doses 'as soon as possible': NACI

Canada's expert advisory panel on vaccines says the country should deliver second doses of COVID-19 vaccines as soon as possible, given the increasing supply. The National Advisory Committee on Immuni...

May 28, 2021

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to attend G7 Leaders' Summit in person: British PM

OTTAWA - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson says that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will attend the G7 Leaders' Summit in person next month.A readout of a phone conversation Friday between Johnson a...

May 28, 2021

Finance Department says preliminary deficit of $314 billion for last fiscal year

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...

May 28, 2021

Supreme Court ruling denies media outlet access to records from Quebec court case

OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says MediaQMI journalists are not allowed access to exhibits that were once part of a Quebec court file. The decision today comes in a case that began five years a...

May 28, 2021

'Cold houses with no hot water': Flood victims return to Fort Simpson, N.W.T.

FORT SIMPSON, N.W.T. - A village in the Northwest Territories is looking to rebuild what has been lost after the worst flooding in more than 50 years destroyed homes and businesses. Fort Simpson's 1,2...

May 28, 2021

Remains of 215 children found at former residential school in British Columbia

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The remains of 215 children have been found buried on the site of a former residential school in Kamloops, B.C. Chief Rosanne Casimir of the Tk'emlups te Secwpemc First Nation said in...

May 27, 2021

Liberal MP caught on camera during virtual House of Commons, again

OTTAWA - Liberal MP William Amos has once again been caught unawares on webcam.Amos says in a statement posted to Twitter that while he was taking part in a virtual session of the House of Commons the...

May 27, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, May 27, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 408,034 new vaccinations administered for a total of 22,346,...

May 27, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, May 27, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 27, 2021. There are 1,371,073 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,371,073 confirmed cases (42,104 active...

May 27, 2021

B.C. aims for end of summer for second vaccine shot for all, says Dr. Bonnie Henry

VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says she's set an end-of-summer target for everyone in the province to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine. Dr. Bonnie Henry also announced Thursda...

May 27, 2021