National News

Faith leaders preach value of COVID-19 vaccines among followers

When plans for COVID-19 vaccines began to emerge, Rabbi Adam Cutler delivered a sermon at Toronto's Adath Israel Congregation about a blessing people could recite when receiving their shot.

Mar 20, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >

A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Saturday, March 20, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 20, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 156,246 new vaccinations administered for a total of 3,721,269 doses given. Nationwide, 621,175 people or 1.

Mar 20, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >

Who have provinces pegged to receive COVID-19 vaccines in the coming weeks?

As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks.

Mar 20, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Saturday, March 20, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 20, 2021. There are 927,069 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 927,069 confirmed cases (33,399 active, 871,053 resolved, 22,617 deaths).

Mar 20, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >

B.C. ticket holder wins Friday's $13 million Lotto Max jackpot

TORONTO — A ticket holder in British Columbia won Friday night's $13 million Lotto Max jackpot. The jackpot for the next Lotto Max draw on Mar. 23 will be an estimated $10 million. The Canadian Press

Mar 20, 2021 12:50 AM Read more >

Electronic device numbers were 'gateway' to Meng's private information: lawyer

VANCOUVER — Serial numbers associated with Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's electronic devices were a "gateway" to her private information and were improperly obtained by the RCMP to appease the United States, one of her lawyers said Friday.

Mar 19, 2021 6:35 PM Read more >

No link between colonialism and vaccine hesitancy among Indigenous people: expert

OTTAWA — There is no evidence that Canada's history of colonialism has made Indigenous people any more hesitant to get vaccinated against COVID-19 than the general population, says an Indigenous studies professor casting a critical eye on the oft-rep

Mar 19, 2021 6:32 PM Read more >

Variants threatening our progress in containing spread of COVID-19 with vaccines: Tam

Canada's top doctor says there's concern that an increase in more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus may be threatening the country's progress in containing the spread of infections.

Mar 19, 2021 6:01 PM Read more >

NDP membership wades into debate over controversial definition of anti-Semitism

OTTAWA — A debate over the definition of anti-Semitism has spilled over to the federal New Democrats ahead of the party convention next month.

Mar 19, 2021 5:48 PM Read more >

Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots

OTTAWA — The national advocacy group for patients with blood-clot disorders says there is a greater risk of getting blood clots from COVID-19 than there is from the vaccine.

Mar 19, 2021 5:27 PM Read more >