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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, March 30

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:45 a.m. Health officials in Prince Edward Island are reporting three new cases of COVID-19 today. They involve two people und...

Mar 30, 2021

Canadians far more wary of AstraZeneca than other COVID-19 vaccines: Poll

OTTAWA - Canadians are much more wary about being injected with the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine than they are about receiving other vaccines approved for use in Canada, a new poll suggests. Just 53 per...

Greg Fry Mar 30, 2021

1.5 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine expected to arrive from U.S. today

The federal government is expecting around 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from the United States today.The vaccines are expected to arrive by truck and represent the first to come...

Mar 30, 2021

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday March 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 187,207 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,300,964 d...

Mar 30, 2021

Health Canada asks Oxford-AstraZeneca for more vaccine info: In The News for March 30

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Tuesday, March 30...What we are watching in Ca...

Mar 30, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, March 29, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday March 29, 2021. There are 971,715 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 971,715 confirmed cases (45,208 active, 903,6...

Mar 29, 2021

Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey

EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...

Mar 29, 2021

Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining

EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...

Mar 29, 2021

U.S. case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou breaks international law: defence

VANCOUVER - A lawyer for Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou says the United States is violating international law by bringing fraud charges against her that have no connection to the country.Gib van Ert to...

Mar 29, 2021

Restrictions imposed to curb COVID-19 in B.C. as new cases strain the system

VICTORIA - British Columbia has taken a step backwards in its fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, forcing the province to impose circuit breaker measures for the next three weeks to slow the rapid sp...

Mar 29, 2021