Canada

Trees removed at intersection of Humboldt Broncos bus crash

REGINA - The Saskatchewan government has removed a stand of trees that was near the site of the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash three years ago. Sixteen people were killed and thirteen others injure...

Mar 18, 2021

Member of military police charged in relation to racist pictures

OTTAWA - A member of Canada's military police has been charged with two counts of violating the Armed Forces' disciplinary code after allegedly spreading racist pictures. The Department of National De...

Mar 18, 2021

B.C. auto insurance rebate cheques delayed after 'criminal' cyberattack: minister

VICTORIA - The minister responsible for British Columbia's public auto insurance agency says a "criminal" cyberattack will delay COVID-19 rebate cheques that were supposed to be in the mail this week....

Mar 18, 2021

Helping Canada reach vaccine 'parity' critical to reopening border: U.S. congressman

WASHINGTON - A member of Congress says it's vital for the U.S. to help Canada reach vaccine 'parity' in order to get their shared border back open. New York Rep. Brian Higgins is cheering news of a Wh...

Mar 18, 2021

Exiled Belarusian politician urges Canada to speak out in support of democracy

OTTAWA - The exiled opposition leader of Belarus says she is an "accidental" revolutionary who threw herself into the dangerous political arena of her country only out of love for her people, husband ...

Mar 18, 2021

U.S. working on plan to lend doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to Canada, Mexico

WASHINGTON - The White House says it is working on a plan to lend 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to Canada and an additional 2.5 million doses to Mexico. Press secretary ...

Mar 18, 2021

COVID-19 tied to stagnant population growth and rise in deaths in Quebec: report

MONTREAL - Quebec's statistics institute says the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically slowed population growth in 2020 and led to a spike in the number of annual deaths. Institut de la statistique du Quebe...

Mar 18, 2021

The Canadian Press receives eight NNA nominations for N.S. shooting coverage, photos

TORONTO - The Canadian Press received eight National Newspaper Award nominations for its coverage of a killing rampage in Nova Scotia and sports and breaking news photos. The national newswire agency ...

Mar 18, 2021

U.K. study rules out link to some blood clots from AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA - The United Kingdom's drug regulator says a "rigorous scientific review" has ruled out the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine as the cause of blood clots in veins but is doing a more detailed study lo...

Mar 18, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:25 a.m.Quebec is reporting 702 new COVID-19 infections and seven more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, none of whic...

Mar 18, 2021