Author Archives: The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - It has been nearly two years since a civilian employee at the Defence Department says she first lodged a workplace harassment complaint against one of her superiors and she says the bureaucra...

EDMONTON - Alberta has doubled fines for disobeying public health measures meant to fight COVID-19 and Justice Minister Kaycee Madu is promising a renewed effort to stop public health scofflaws will s...

EDMONTON - An Alberta woman in her 50s has died from a rare blood clot disorder after receiving the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine. It is the second reported death from vaccine-induced immune thr...

Alberta's chief medical officer of health has confirmed the death of a patient linked to the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine. In a statement, Dr. Deena Hinshaw says the woman in her 50s died from immune th...

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 232,744 new vaccinations administered for a total of 14,284,23...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, May 4, 2021. There are 1,249,950 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,249,950 confirmed cases (82,700 active, ...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney, with surging COVID-19 rates threatening to overwhelm Alberta's hospitals, is reintroducing stricter rules on gatherings, businesses and schools not seen since the firs...

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats selected tight end Jake Burt first overall in the CFL draft Tuesday night. Burt, a Regina native who played at Boston College, was a late addition to the draft after growing up...

Canadian archeologists have used DNA analysis to identify the remains of a Franklin expedition sailor and to link him with his modern-day descendants. "The news came by email and I was at work," said ...

OTTAWA - With thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine creeping towards their expiration date in freezers across Canada, many provinces moved in mid-April to let people as young as 40 start ge...