Tag Archives: Health

OTTAWA - Almost 7,600 Canadians received medical assistance to end their lives last year, continuing a trend of steady annual increases in cases since the procedure was legalized in 2016. Health Canad...

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:30 p.m. ET on Monday June 7, 2021. There are 1,394,145 confirmed cases in Canada. Canada: 1,394,145 confirmed cases (22,861 active, 1,3...

SALEM, Ore. (AP) - A Republican state lawmaker faces being expelled from office after a video emerged apparently showing him choreographing how he would let far-right protesters into the closed Oregon...

EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing mounting criticism in cabinet and caucus, says he is sorry for breaking COVID-19 rules at a dinner party caught on camera. Kenney says he thought he and...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Singer Shemekia Copeland and guitarist Christone "Kingfish" Ingram are among this year's top winners at the Blues Music Awards. Veteran musicians Charlie Musselwhite and Elvin Bi...

EDMONTON - A judge has ruled that the religious freedoms of an Alberta pastor who is on trial for violating COVID-19 regulations were not violated. Pastor James Coates made a charter application in re...

Here's a collection curated by The Associated Press' entertainment journalists of what's arriving on TV, streaming services and music platforms this week. MOVIES - Summer movies are finally starting t...

Cities in Eastern Canada are adapting their heat wave-response plans, as pandemic restrictions have closed many places where people normally go to beat the heat. In Ottawa, where a heat warning was is...

OTTAWA - Canada's border agency has an "urgent need" to hire a global technology firm to help develop a biometric strategy in response to rapidly evolving issues including COVID-19. The Canada Border ...

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 6:20 p.m. B.C. health officials say 72 per cent of all residents aged 12 and up have received their first dose of COVID-19 vacci...