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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, May 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday, May 16, 2021. There are 1,323,681 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,323,681 confirmed cases (71,903 active, ...
May 14, 2021
Maj-Gen. Dany Fortin leaves vaccine rollout post pending military investigation
OTTAWA - The officer in charge of Canada's vaccine rollout has left his assignment with the Public Health Agency of Canada pending the results of a military investigation. The Department of National D...
May 14, 2021
Alberta leadership responsible for protests against public health orders: expert
EDMONTON - A criminologist says a recent court order that allows Alberta RCMP to arrest organizers of anti-lockdown rallies can limit or prevent future gatherings but does little to educate people who...
May 14, 2021
Mississippi justices toss voter-backed marijuana initiative
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - The Mississippi Supreme Court on Friday overturned a medical marijuana initiative that voters approved last fall. Six justices ruled that the medical marijuana initiative is void...
May 14, 2021
Experts call on Canada to use COVAX doses of AstraZeneca or give them back
OTTAWA - Some health experts are questioning Canada's decision to accept thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from a global vaccine-sharing alliance, only to have them sit in freezers ...
May 14, 2021
If COVID vaccines 'essential,' Canadians could get shots in U.S. and no quarantine
TORONTO - Canadian residents should be able to head to the United States for COVID-19 vaccinations and be exempt from mandatory quarantine on return if health authorities here deem the shots medically...
May 14, 2021
Nunavut officials plead for Iqaluit residents to stop gathering during COVID outbreak
IQALUIT - Nunavut's health minister says he wants Iqaluit residents to stop gathering so the city has a shot at a normal summer. Lorne Kusugak scolded residents Friday at a news conference as a COVID-...
May 14, 2021
California is awash in tax revenue and budget reflects it
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a $268 billion state budget that is one-third larger than the state's current spending plan, fueled by surging state tax reven...
May 14, 2021
California is awash in tax revenue and budget reflects it
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday proposed a $268 billion state budget that is one-third larger than the state's current spending plan, fueled by surging state tax reven...
May 14, 2021
Federal officials lay out road map for post-vaccine life as third wave ebbs
Federal health authorities laid out their vision of what life could look like after most Canadians are vaccinated against COVID-19, just as regional officials warned some people may be getting ahead o...
May 14, 2021
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