Author Archives: The Canadian Press

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday Dec. 16, 2020. There are 475,214 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 475,214 confirmed cases (75,580 active, 385,97...

The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend. Prime Minister Justin Trude...

OTTAWA - Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a ...

Canada's vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point. ...

MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....

LONDON - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium. The spectators are beyond the theatre walls, in ...

HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.There are 475,214 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 475,214 confirmed cases (75,580 active, 385,...

The Western Hockey League is pushing back the start of its season indefinitely due to uncertainty around the COVID-19 pandemic. The league announced the news in a statement Tuesday, saying it is not i...