Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, April 19, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:50 a.m. Ontario is reporting 4,447 new cases of COVID-19 today and 19 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health...

Apr 19, 2021

Huawei CFO's team expected to ask judge for adjournment in final extradition hearings

VANCOUVER - Lawyers for Meng Wanzhou are expected to ask a B.C. Supreme Court judge today to delay the final leg of hearings in her extradition case. The court said in a statement last week that the H...

Apr 19, 2021

Liberals to release federal budget with eye on managing crisis, post-pandemic growth

OTTAWA - The federal government will this afternoon unveil its spending plans to manage the remainder of the COVID-19 crisis and chart an economic course in a post-pandemic Canada. The Liberals' first...

Apr 19, 2021

Judicial recount in Yukon election to occur in Whitehorse today over tie riding

WHITEHORSE - The final seat count in the Yukon election could be determined by the drawing of lots today if a judicial recount confirms a tie in a battleground riding. Elections Yukon applied to the Y...

Apr 19, 2021

Federal government expecting 1M vaccine doses this week after Moderna delays delivery

OTTAWA - Canada will have to wait a little longer for a promised influx of COVID-19 vaccines. The federal government says it expects about 1 million shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to arrive this...

Apr 19, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, April 18, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 18, 2021. There are 1,121,498 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,121,498 confirmed cases (87,925 active, 1...

Apr 18, 2021

Federal government to send health-care workers to Ontario, Trudeau says

MONTREAL - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says federal departments and some Canadian provinces are working to send health-care workers and equipment to help Ontario as it battles record-breaking COVID-...

Apr 18, 2021

Stage set for historic federal budget as COVID-19 continues to rage

OTTAWA - The stage is set for arguably the most important federal budget in recent memory, as the Liberal government prepares to unveil its plan for Canada's post-pandemic recovery even as a third wav...

Apr 18, 2021

Staff shortages, emotional toll weigh on health-care staff during Ontario's 3rd wave

TORONTO - Nurse Manpreet Kainth knows every patient being treated under her team's care in Humber River Hospital's intensive care unitEven with her 16 years of experience, the ever-growing workload an...

Apr 18, 2021

'It's more than just a fish:' Scientists worry cod will never come back in N.L.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The latest assessment of Atlantic cod stocks, whose collapse crushed the economy of Newfoundland and Labrador, has scientists worried the species will never recover without drastic ...

Apr 18, 2021