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Canada's vaccine donations to COVAX to come only from its COVAX supply: Gould
OTTAWA - International Development Minister Karina Gould confirms none of the 13 million doses Canada is currently promising to donate to COVAX will come from supplies procured directly from vaccine m...
Jun 14, 2021

Health officer says risk to others low: Two cases of COVID-19 at Iqaluit school
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says two COVID-19 cases at Iqaluit's middle school came from household transmission and the risk to other students is low. With an outbreak ong...
Jun 14, 2021

Canadian Michael Woods to lead Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France
Canadian rider Michael Woods will lead the Israel Start-Up Nation team at the Tour de France. "His success in the (Ardennes) Classics, the Tour de Romandie and the Tour de Suisse gave him - and us - t...
Jun 14, 2021

Conservative MP Tim Uppal sorry for role in 'divisiveness' of Harper-era policies
OTTAWA - A former Conservative cabinet minister is apologizing for not pushing against his party's culturally divisive polices of the Stephen Harper era, including an effort to ban face coverings duri...
Jun 14, 2021

Liberal cabinet ministers criticize senior military officers who golfed with Vance
OTTAWA - Liberal cabinet ministers are expressing their dismay after senior military officers recently joined former defence chief Jonathan Vance for a game of golf in Ottawa. Deputy Prime Minister Ch...
Jun 14, 2021

Canada to receive 9.5M vaccine doses this week thanks to influx of Moderna shots
OTTAWA - Canada is poised to receive around 9.5 million COVID-19 vaccine doses this week thanks to a massive infusion of shots from Moderna. The federal government says the Massachusetts-based pharmac...
Jun 14, 2021

Keystone XL cancellation could lead to higher prices at the pump: Energy advocate
You could be paying more at the pump as early as this summer.The Keystone XL pipeline was officially cancelled last Wednesday. The project would have moved up to 830,000 barrels of oil a day.Dan McTea...
Jun 14, 2021

NATO leaders declare China a global security challenge
BRUSSELS (AP) - NATO leaders on Monday declared that China poses a constant security challenge and is working to undermine global order, and they said they're worried about how fast the Chinese are de...
Jun 14, 2021

Canada looks to finish job against Haiti, move into final World Cup qualifying round
Defender Alistair Johnston knows his Canadian World Cup qualifying history - and what dispatching Haiti on Tuesday would mean. The 70th-ranked Canadian men can move into the so-called Octagonal, the e...
Jun 14, 2021

As US COVID-19 death toll nears 600,000, racial gaps persist
Jerry Ramos spent his final days in a California hospital, hooked to an oxygen machine with blood clots in his lungs from COVID-19, his 3-year-old daughter in his thoughts. "I have to be here to watch...
Jun 14, 2021