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First New Brunswick vaccinations begin at nursing home in Miramichi

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — New Brunswick started its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Saturday with the inoculation of an 84-year-old nursing home resident who said needles don't bother her in the least.

Dec 19, 2020 12:24 PM Read more >

Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen

HILLSBURN, N.S. — The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely.

Dec 19, 2020 9:46 AM Read more >

A year of COVID-19 has reversed a decade of progress helping world's poor: Gould

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Karina Gould isn't running any victory laps despite ending 2020 by doing what so few of her political predecessors could — wrestling a sizable increase in Canadian foreign-aid spending.

Dec 19, 2020 6:28 AM Read more >

Singh strives to carve out space for NDP as Tories, Liberals target his turf

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is being squeezed.

Dec 19, 2020 4:00 AM Read more >

No winning ticket for Friday night's $40 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket was sold for the $40 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Dec.

Dec 19, 2020 2:19 AM Read more >

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Dec. 14 in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.

Dec 19, 2020 2:01 AM Read more >

Carole James, former B.C. finance minister, says she was driven to give back

VICTORIA — Carole James says she was still deciding whether to run in British Columbia's provincial election earlier this year when a diagnosis of Parkinson's disease gave her the answer. It was last March, just days before B.C.

Dec 19, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Dec. 18, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Dec. 18, 2020. There are 495,346 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 495,346 confirmed cases (75,695 active, 405,611 resolved, 14,040 deaths).

Dec 18, 2020 7:31 PM Read more >

Meng's lawyers outline new branch of argument in extradition case documents

VANCOUVER — Lawyers for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou allege the United States' legal case against her violates common international law and the extradition proceedings against her should be stayed. In a notice of application filed with the B.C.

Dec 18, 2020 6:26 PM Read more >

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Dec. 18, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 7:30 p.m. Almost 2,600 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine have been given so far in B.C.

Dec 18, 2020 5:39 PM Read more >