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OTTAWA - A new Leger poll suggests Canadian confidence in COVID-19 vaccines is holding firm despite swirling confusion and concern about the safety of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. It also suggests ...

OTTAWA - The federal government is launching a basket of programs to bolster airports with hundreds of millions of dollars in funding first announced back in November. A government official, who spoke...

OTTAWA - Alberta says it won't give out more first doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine for the time being.A spokesman for the provincial health department says the decision was made because there ...

BRUSSELS (AP) - The Belgian government said Tuesday it will further relax its coronavirus lockdown as of next month and hopes to fully reopen the nation from Sept. 1. After the country's curfew was ab...

WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers posted a record number of available jobs in March, illustrating starkly the desperation of businesses seeking to find new workers as the economy expands. Yet total job...

OTTAWA - A parliamentary committee will hear this morning from the senior officer who was recently tapped to lead the military's efforts to change its culture. Lt.-Gen. Jennie Carignan's appearance be...

NEW DELHI (AP) - Scores of dead bodies have been found floating down the Ganges River in eastern India as the country battles a ferocious surge in coronavirus infections. Authorities said Tuesday they...

ROME - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is heading to the second round of the Italian Open. The 13th-seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., crushed Polish qualifier Kamil Majchrzak 6-1, 6-3 at the ATP Masters 1000 c...

LONDON (AP) - The U.K. government sought to capitalize on its electoral strength Tuesday, outlining a sweeping legislative agenda to bolster the economy after the COVID-19 pandemic, defuse tensions th...

NEW YORK (AP) - The once-deserted steps outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art are filling up with visitors again. Hotel lobbies are losing their desolate feel. Downtown, people are back to taking sel...