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Former PM Brian Mulroney recovering after emergency surgery

Former prime minister Brian Mulroney is recovering after undergoing an emergency surgery on Friday. A family spokesman says the "urgent procedure" was a "complete success" and Mulroney was released from hospital this afternoon. Mulroney is 81.

Dec 13, 2020 3:59 PM Read more >

Researchers aim to use artificial intelligence to save endangered whales in B.C.

VANCOUVER — Researchers are aiming to "teach" a computer to recognize the sounds of resident killer whales in order to develop a warning system for preventing ships from fatally striking endangered orcas off British Columbia's coast.

Dec 13, 2020 2:21 PM Read more >

Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 sense of the word.

Dec 13, 2020 5:05 AM Read more >

Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?

OTTAWA — When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the previous four-plus decades.

Dec 13, 2020 5:00 AM Read more >

No winning ticket for Saturday night's $21 million Lotto 649 jackpot

TORONTO — No winning ticket was sold for the $21 million jackpot in Saturday night's Lotto 649 draw. However, the guaranteed $1 million prize went to a lottery player in Ontario. The jackpot for the next Lotto 649 draw on Dec.

Dec 13, 2020 2:55 AM Read more >

'Walk-of-shame' comment prompts call to change police sexual assault investigations

VICTORIA — A woman's complaints about being asked about a "walk of shame" by a Saanich police officer after reporting an alleged sexual assault has prompted British Columbia's police complaints commissioner to call for provincial standards for sex cr

Dec 13, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

Uncertain future looms for refugees seeking a pandemic-era fresh start in Canada

OTTAWA — Ali Mansour spent his first two weeks in Canada watching through a window as winter give way to spring and squirrels ran across the lawn.

Dec 12, 2020 7:21 PM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. There are 454,852 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 454,852 confirmed cases (73,028 active, 368,474 resolved, 13,350 deaths).

Dec 12, 2020 5:42 PM Read more >

Health Canada warns people with allergies to COVID-19 vaccine ingredients

Health Canada warned Saturday that people allergic to ingredients in the COVID-19 vaccine should forego getting the shots, days before inoculations are scheduled to begin in this country.

Dec 12, 2020 4:13 PM Read more >

COVID infection rate low in Alberta pilot project for international travellers

CALGARY — The number of positive COVID-19 tests in a pilot project for international travellers at the Calgary airport and a United States border crossing in southern Alberta has been reasonably low after its first six weeks.

Dec 12, 2020 8:00 AM Read more >