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OTTAWA - The military officer tapped to manage Canada's COVID-19 vaccination campaign used her first public appearance in her new role to call on the military - and Canadians, in general - to strive t...

OTTAWA - Nunavut's sole MP says she will not seek re-election when Canadians next go to the polls.In a social media post Thursday, New Democrat Mumilaaq Qaqqaq said that after "weeks of reflection and...

OTTAWA - Senior officials acknowledged Thursday there is no independent oversight of the requirement that federal departments proactively publish government records. Justin Trudeau promised in the 201...

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel and Hamas agreed to a cease-fire Thursday, halting a bruising 11-day war that caused widespread destruction in the Gaza Strip, brought life in much of Israel to a standstill an...

Montreal police say they've increased patrols in several neighbourhoods with large Jewish populations as a "preventive" measure after several antisemitic incidents. Police said in an email Thursday th...

TORONTO - Impatience and a lack of clarity persisted Thursday over the fate of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire in the coming weeks but answers could be coming within...

OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date - or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks - for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrict...

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada is reminding people to fill out this year's census to avoid getting a visit at their door during the COVID-19 pandemic. The agency says later this month, census enumerators ...

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House on Thursday narrowly approved $1.9 billion to fortify the Capitol after the Jan. 6 insurrection, as Democrats pushed past Republican opposition to try to harden the complex...

HALIFAX - The number of suicides recorded in Nova Scotia in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic was the lowest since 2014. According to new government data, 120 people in Nova Scotia killed themselves i...