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Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival.

Dec 20, 2020 3:00 AM Read more >

A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans

The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history began Dec. 14 in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment.

Dec 20, 2020 2:20 AM Read more >

Traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck's fuel

BLIGH ISLAND — Not far from an oily sheen on the waters of British Columbia's Nootka Sound is a site that the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation considers the centre of the world.

Dec 20, 2020 2:00 AM Read more >

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

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Dec. 19, 2020. There are 501,594 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 501,594 confirmed cases (76,044 active, 411,396 resolved, 14,154 deaths).

Dec 19, 2020 5:50 PM Read more >

Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report

Canada surpassed 500,000 confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Saturday as infections continued to surge while the vaccine rollout reached its final province.

Dec 19, 2020 1:31 PM Read more >

First New Brunswick vaccinations begin at nursing home in Miramichi

MIRAMICHI, N.B. — New Brunswick started its COVID-19 vaccination campaign on Saturday with the inoculation of an 84-year-old nursing home resident who said needles don't bother her in the least.

Dec 19, 2020 12:24 PM Read more >

Air search off N.S. coast suspended until Sunday for missing scallop fishermen

HILLSBURN, N.S. — The aerial search for five fishermen who were working on a scallop boat when it sank in the Bay of Fundy has been suspended until Sunday, and the ground search has been called off indefinitely.

Dec 19, 2020 9:46 AM Read more >

A year of COVID-19 has reversed a decade of progress helping world's poor: Gould

OTTAWA — International Development Minister Karina Gould isn't running any victory laps despite ending 2020 by doing what so few of her political predecessors could — wrestling a sizable increase in Canadian foreign-aid spending.

Dec 19, 2020 6:28 AM Read more >

Singh strives to carve out space for NDP as Tories, Liberals target his turf

OTTAWA — Jagmeet Singh is being squeezed.

Dec 19, 2020 4:00 AM Read more >

No winning ticket for Friday night's $40 million Lotto Max jackpot

No winning ticket was sold for the $40 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw. That means the jackpot for the next draw on Dec.

Dec 19, 2020 2:19 AM Read more >