Members of Congress, police and current and former members of the Trump administration were responding Thursday to the events of the previous day, when pro-Trump rioters stormed the U.S. Capitol during a chaotic protest aimed at…
As Canada falls behind other countries on vaccinations,…
With some provinces warning about a looming shortage of vaccines, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today the government is negotiating with manufacturers to move up deliveries to get more shots into the arms of Canadians…
Biden to release more coronavirus vaccine supply, rather…
With COVID-19 surging and vaccinations off to a slow start, president-elect Joe Biden will rapidly release most available vaccine doses to protect more people, his office said Friday, a reversal of Trump administration policies. "The…
Trudeau says shocking riot in Washington was incited…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today this week's attack on Capitol Hill was a "shocking" event that was "incited" by President Donald Trump. "What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current…
Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine appears effective against mutation in new…
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine appeared to work against a key mutation in the highly transmissible new variants of the coronavirus discovered in Britain and South Africa, according to a laboratory study conducted by…
Sen. Plett co-signed order barring international travel during…
Conservative Sen. Don Plett — who sparked controversy by travelling to Mexico on vacation over the holidays — co-signed a directive last year barring all MPs and senators from traveling outside Canada as part of…
WestJet cutting jobs and slashing flight capacity by…
WestJet is cutting jobs and slashing its flight capacity by a third because of what the airline calls "instability in the face of continuing federal government travel advisories and restrictions." The Calgary-based airline said in…
Ontario reports record 4,249 new COVID-19 cases, Premier…
Premier Doug Ford is promising further restrictions coming for Ontario, as the province reported a record 4,249 new cases of COVID-19 on Friday. That number comes with the caveat — about 450 were attributable to a data upload delay…
Baby to receive stem cell transplant from mom…
A Winnipeg mother is preparing to be the stem cell donor for her baby with a rare immune disease in hopes of saving his life, after a closer match to his mixed ethnicity couldn't be found.…