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Ottawa announces one-year extension to anti-ISIL mission, but offers few details
OTTAWA - Canada is staying in the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant for another year, though exactly what Canadian troops will be doing there over the next 12 months remains large...
Mar 30, 2021
Blinken ends Trump rights plan promoting conservative agenda
WASHINGTON - In a sharp rebuke to Trump-era policies, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday formally scrapped a blueprint championed by his predecessor to limit U.S. promotion of human rights a...
Mar 30, 2021
Slovak premier, government resign over Russian vaccine deal
PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Slovakia's Prime Minister Igor Matovic and his government resigned on Tuesday to ease a political crisis triggered by a secret deal to buy Russia's Sputnik V coronavirus vacci...
Mar 30, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on March 30, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday March 30, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 187,207 new vaccinations administered for a total of 5,300,964 do...
Mar 30, 2021
Pfizer increases spring vaccine schedule, adds five million doses to June shipments
OTTAWA - Canada's promised spring supply of COVID-19 vaccines grew Tuesday with millions of additional doses now expected to arrive from three different suppliers before Canada Day. But the news was t...
Mar 30, 2021
Diversity of background on committee tapping into views on Alberta coal mining
EDMONTON - The Alberta government has tasked a five-member committee with finding out how people feel about open-pit coal mining in the Rocky Mountains and their eastern slopes. Here's a description o...
Mar 29, 2021
Quebec coroner's inquest begins into deaths at long-term care homes during first wave
JOLIETTE, Que. - A coroner's inquest into long-term care deaths in Quebec during the COVID-19 pandemic's first wave opened today with testimony describing staff shortages and employees moving from one...
Mar 29, 2021
Opposition MPs express anger as Liberal House leader, not PM aide, testifies on WE
OTTAWA - A parliamentary hearing on the federal government's now-dead deal with WE Charity threatened to devolve into chaos on Monday after the Liberals sent a cabinet minister to answer questions on ...
Mar 29, 2021
Alberta announces five-member coal consultation committee, online survey
EDMONTON - Alberta is asking a five-member committee to assess how people in the province feel about coal mining in the Rocky Mountains.Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the group is to report to her ...
Mar 29, 2021
Apology issued after newspaper editorial compares COVID restrictions to Holocaust
MOOSE JAW, Sask. - The owner of a newspaper in Saskatchewan has apologized for an editorial that compared COVID-19 restrictions to the Holocaust. Glacier Media says in a statement that the March 24 ed...
Mar 29, 2021
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