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Health Canada to make decision on Pfizer vaccine approval soon, feds say

Canada is drawing closer to making a decision on a leading COVID-19 vaccine candidate, Health Minister Patty Hajdu said Wednesday as the federal government continued to face pressure to deliver on doses amid mounting cases and deaths.

Dec 2, 2020 7:23 PM Read more >

'I’d love to be home:' N.L. rotational workers facing bullying online

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — As Geoff Neville waited this week in a Montreal airport to begin his second day of travel from Nunavut to St. John’s, N.L., he said he tries to empathize with the angry people online who say he shouldn’t be allowed to go back home.

Dec 2, 2020 7:06 PM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, Dec. 2, 2020. There are 389,775 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 389,775 confirmed cases (67,564 active, 309,886 resolved, 12,325 deaths).

Dec 2, 2020 6:40 PM Read more >

CP investigating after video shows train running over pronghorn antelope herd

MAPLE CREEK, Sask. — Canadian Pacific Railway says an investigation is underway following the release of a video showing one of the company's trains running over dozens of pronghorn antelope in southwestern Saskatchewan.

Dec 2, 2020 5:51 PM Read more >

RCMP must take 'drastic actions' to restore confidence: former Supreme Court justice

OTTAWA — The author of a report that found a toxic, misogynistic culture in the RCMP says the police force must take some "drastic actions" right away to restore confidence.

Dec 2, 2020 5:41 PM Read more >

Debate over assisted dying bill extended as clock ticks down on court deadline

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to amend a government bill on assisted dying to better protect Canadians with disabilities.

Dec 2, 2020 5:38 PM Read more >

Vaccine priority list must be refined to match available doses: Tam

OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says the priority list of people who will get vaccinated first against COVID-19 has to be refined because the initial six million doses set to arrive in the first batch will not be enough to cover them al

Dec 2, 2020 5:29 PM Read more >

Saskatchewan government apologizes for photo of same-sex couple on World AIDS Day

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government is apologizing for using a photo of two men to promote World AIDS Day. The government posted the picture showing the men standing side by side with their heads touching on social media on Tuesday.

Dec 2, 2020 4:58 PM Read more >

Bullet holes from 2014 attack on Parliament Hill to be left untouched in renovations

OTTAWA — The scars from the 2014 attack on Parliament Hill are part of the "heritage fabric" of the iconic Centre Block and will not be fixed during extensive renovations on the building, according to a senior government official who provided a behin

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Psychiatrist stops short of saying van attack killer is not criminally responsible

TORONTO — A psychiatrist testifying for the defence of the man who killed 10 people in Toronto's van attack stopped short Wednesday of saying Alek Minassian should be found not criminally responsible for his actions. Dr.

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