Canada

Pfizer shot approved for kids 12 and up, Alberta to offer vaccine to children

Health Canada approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12 and up on Wednesday, prompting Alberta to announce it would offer the shot to kids in that age bracket as the province combats a surg...

May 05, 2021

Canadian military laying groundwork for arrival of armed drones

OTTAWA - Canada is inching closer to the purchase of armed drones for its military as details around how the controversial weapons will be used are starting to come together. Royal Canadian Air Force ...

May 05, 2021

New Brunswick reports blood clot death in connection with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

FREDERICTON - New Brunswick health officials are reporting the province's first death of someone who developed a blood clot after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.The individual in their 60s r...

May 05, 2021

Federal budget 'overstates' economic impact of stimulus spending, budget officer says

OTTAWA - Parliament's spending watchdog says the federal Liberals' budget overestimates how much of an impact its stimulus measures will have on Canada's economy. The budget last month outlined what t...

May 05, 2021

N.S. mass shooter's spouse pleads not guilty to unlawfully supplying him ammunition

HALIFAX - The common law spouse of the man responsible for killing 22 people in April 2020 in Nova Scotia is pleading not guilty to charges she illegally provided him ammunition. Lisa Banfield, 52, is...

May 05, 2021

Pfizer vaccine approved for kids 12 to 15 years old

Health Canada says the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine can now be given to kids as young as 12.The vaccine was previously authorized for anyone at least 16 years of age or older.A trial of more than 2,200 you...

May 05, 2021

Report finds climate change rarely a part of Atlantic Canada's fisheries management

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A new report shows climate change is rarely factored into management decisions made for fisheries in Atlantic Canada and the eastern Arctic. Daniel Boyce, a research associate with ...

May 05, 2021

Bill to ensure safe election during pandemic stalls as odds of election increase

OTTAWA - Legislation aimed at ensuring a federal election could be safely held during the COVID-19 pandemic is stalled in the House of Commons, even as Justin Trudeau's Liberals are fast-approaching t...

May 05, 2021

Air force chief stands by Cyclone helicopters despite emergency landing, fatal crash

OTTAWA - The commander of the Royal Canadian Air Force says he has "full confidence" in the military's new Cyclone helicopters despite a growing number of incidents that include last year's deadly cra...

May 05, 2021

DND, Veterans Affairs workers say harassment complaints not taken seriously: unions

OTTAWA - It has been nearly two years since a civilian employee at the Defence Department says she first lodged a workplace harassment complaint against one of her superiors and she says the bureaucra...

May 05, 2021