Canada

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Thursday, May 13, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, May 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 334,975 new vaccinations administered for a total of 17,239,...

May 13, 2021

Community leaders call for action on anti-Asian hate crimes in Vancouver

VANCOUVER - Leaders of the Chinese-Canadian community say the rise in anti-Asian hate crimes across Vancouver and North America suggests the population has not been accepted as a part of the wider soc...

May 13, 2021

Habitat for endangered spiny softshell turtle protected southeast of Montreal

BROME-MISSISQUOI - The Nature Conservancy of Canada says it acquired two hectares of land southeast of Montreal to protect the habitat of the endangered spiny softshell turtle. The conservation group ...

May 13, 2021

Privacy watchdog closes file on complaint against federal political parties

OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog has closed the file on a complaint about the data-harvesting practices of three national political parties. Privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien says federal priv...

May 13, 2021

Supreme Court won't hear appeal from horse owners over derby dispute

OTTAWA - The owners of a horse that was disqualified after initially winning the Canadian Derby more than three years ago might have run out of legal room to reclaim the title. The Supreme Court of Ca...

May 13, 2021

Case of Saskatchewan Mountie charged with first-degree murder put over

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. - The court case of a Saskatchewan Mountie accused of killing a 26-year-old man has been put over until later this month.Cpl. Bernie Herman was charged with first-degree murder af...

May 13, 2021

Ontario keeps stay-at-home order; Quebec pauses Oxford-AstraZeneca shots

Ontario says it's keeping its stay-at-home order in place until at least June 2 and Quebec has become the latest province to stop giving Oxford-AstraZeneca's COVID-19 shot as a first dose. Ontario Pre...

May 13, 2021

'We did not unite around blind loyalty to one man:' Kenney faces call to quit

EDMONTON - Simmering internal discontent within Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's United Conservative caucus has boiled over into an open challenge to his leadership.Senior backbench member Todd Loewen, ...

May 13, 2021

Lawmaker demands Bloc MP answer for naked screenshot of Liberal colleague

OTTAWA - The Liberal government whip is calling for a fellow member of Parliament to appear before a House of Commons committee to answer for a screenshot he took of a naked Liberal MP during virtual ...

May 13, 2021

Canadian maker of promising mRNA vaccine looks to test it against Pfizer in new trial

OTTAWA - A homegrown mRNA vaccine for COVID-19 shows promising results in its first small trial and its maker is hoping to test it directly against the vaccine from Pfizer-BioNTech.Calgary-based Provi...

May 13, 2021