Canada

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 5, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 85,376 new vaccinations administered for a total of 2,253,514...

Mar 05, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 5, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021. There are 881,761 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 881,761 confirmed cases (30,146 active, 829...

Mar 05, 2021

All Nunavut communities to get enough COVID vaccine for first doses by end of March

IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's health minister says all 25 communities in the territory are to receive by the end of the month enough COVID-19 vaccine so every adult who wants a first dose will get one....

Mar 05, 2021

Ottawa unveils proposed federal carbon offset emission credit regulations

CALGARY - The federal government is unveiling proposed regulations for its greenhouse gas offset program that will govern how developers can register and sell credits earned through projects that redu...

Mar 05, 2021

Canadian soldier found dead in his quarters in Afghanistan: military

OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan. The Defence Department says Master Warrant Officer Guy Adam Law was found dead in his quarters at the Canadian Embassy in Kabul ...

Mar 05, 2021

Trudeau holds firm on premiers' health-care funding demands, COVID-19 aid comes first

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will keep its spending focus on emergency aid and won't talk about long-term health-care funding until after the COVID-19 pandemic is...

Mar 05, 2021

Montreal-area immigration detainees on hunger strike over COVID-19 fears

MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.It's ...

Mar 05, 2021

'How am I going to get this chaos under control?' detective reflects on van attack

TORONTO - Inspector Graham Gibson never bought into the argument that autism prevented Alek Minassian from knowing that killing unsuspecting pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk was morally wrong. But de...

Mar 05, 2021

Desmond inquiry: therapist adds to long list of challenges that Lionel Desmond faced

PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had ...

Mar 05, 2021

Provinces revise vaccination timelines as Johnson & Johnson's COVID vaccine approved

Provinces are revising their immunization timelines as Health Canada approved the Johnson & Johnson vaccine today.Federal authorities say the four vaccines that have been approved in Canada may ha...

Mar 05, 2021