Murray Wood: Elbows down, taxpayer subsidies for U.S. flights up
Murray Wood wonders why it's OK for Saskatchewan to prop up air travel to the U.S. with taxpayer dollars, but it was wro...
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PBO report details changes in federal funding for First Nations, Inuit health care
OTTAWA - Parliament's budget watchdog says federal funding for health care for First Nations and Inuit has shot up faster over the last few years than provincial spending on services for the general p...
May 18, 2021
Canadians can drive to U.S. for COVID-19 vax and avoid quarantine, Ottawa confirms
TORONTO - Canadian residents are allowed to head to the United States for a COVID-19 vaccine and avoid quarantine on return if they meet some straightforward conditions, the Public Health Agency of Ca...
May 18, 2021
Trudeau says he knew about investigation into general overseeing vaccines weeks ago
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau says he first learned weeks ago that the general overseeing Canada's vaccination campaign was under investigation, which the prime minister described on Tuesday as "not an idea...
May 18, 2021
UAE to offer booster shot to recipients of Sinopharm vaccine
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The United Arab Emirates announced Tuesday it will offer a third shot to recipients of the Chinese state-backed Sinopharm coronavirus vaccine six months after their ...
May 18, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, May 18, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 7:30 p.m. Yukon will start vaccinating children aged 12 to 17 on May 31. The government says in a statement that clinics in most...
May 18, 2021
Tam hopeful for summer even as Canada hits grim death milestone in COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer said Tuesday she expects Canadians who got the Oxford-AstraZeneca in the first round of vaccinations will be able to choose which vaccine they get for the...
May 18, 2021
Saskatchewan high school students prepare to roll up sleeves as vaccine eligibility age lowers
Eligibility in Saskatchewan's age-based COVID-19 immunization program moved to 16 years of age and older Tuesday, allowing many high school students to get their first dose. At this time, only the Pfi...
May 18, 2021
US home construction falls a surprise 9.5% in April
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. home construction fell a surprisingly sharp 9.5% in April and economists attributed that partially builders who delayed projects because of a surge in lumber prices and supply c...
May 18, 2021
Palestinians go on strike as Israel-Hamas fighting rages
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Palestinians across Israel and the occupied territories went on strike in a rare collective protest Tuesday as Israeli missiles toppled a building in Gaza and militants in...
May 18, 2021
Spain, Morocco square off after 8,000 migrants arrive by sea
CEUTA, Spain (AP) - Spain deployed its military to the Moroccan border Tuesday and expelled nearly half of the thousands of migrants who jumped fences or swam onto European soil over two days after Ra...
May 18, 2021
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