Canada

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

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, April 30, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 288,327 new vaccinations administered for a total of 13,420,...

Apr 30, 2021

Plans to distribute first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on hold

OTTAWA - Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facili...

Apr 30, 2021

Canada Post lost $779 million in 2020

LETHBRIDGE, AB - 2020 was a record year for Canada Post - for better and for worse.Overall, Canada Post reported a financial loss before taxes of $779 million, most of which they attribute to the COVI...

Apr 30, 2021

Heritage committee won't reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry

OTTAWA - Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines Friday while discussing the public outcry sparked by the adoption of a new amendment to Bill C-10.The bill sponsored by He...

Apr 30, 2021

Flight cancellations to India delay shipment of man's body from British Columbia

VANCOUVER - The body of a man that was supposed to be flown home to India from British Columbia just before the federal government stopped flights is now in limbo as his family scrambles to get the re...

Apr 30, 2021

Liberals fundraise $3.5M in first quarter of 2021, says others pushed for election

The Liberal Party of Canada says it fundraised around $3.5 million during the first three months of the second year dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic. A party spokesperson says the Liberal government...

Apr 30, 2021

Former B.C. cabinet minister denies saying government knew about casino crime

VANCOUVER - A former cabinet minister denies telling a gaming investigator that members of the B.C. Liberal government knew about illegal activities at casinos and were doing little to prevent the cri...

Apr 30, 2021

COVID-19 modelling shows B.C. bending the curve of variant cases

VANCOUVER - A group of modelling experts says British Columbia is managing to suppress infections that have been driven by COVID-19 variants.The group of researchers from the University of British Col...

Apr 30, 2021

B.C. First Nation joins calls for Ottawa to step in on review of Alberta coal project

A British Columbia First Nation wants the federal government to join in the environmental review of a proposed coal-mining project in Alberta's Rocky Mountains. The Ktunaxa First Nation says Montem Re...

Apr 30, 2021

Quebec redirects COVID vaccinations from Olympic Stadium because of weekend protest

MONTREAL - Quebec is redirecting people from the mass vaccination site at the Olympic Stadium on Saturday because of a planned protest in the area against COVID-19 health orders. Health Minister Chris...

Apr 30, 2021