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'God Bless America!' Doug Ford praises U.S. for promising to send vaccines to Canada

TORONTO — Weeks after pressing the United States to help Canada secure more COVID-19 vaccines, Ontario Premier Doug Ford praised U.S. President Joe Biden Thursday for work his administration is doing to provide the country with millions more shots.

Mar 18, 2021 2:38 PM Read more >

Exiled Belarusian politician urges Canada to speak out in support of democracy

OTTAWA — The exiled opposition leader of Belarus says she is an "accidental" revolutionary who threw herself into the dangerous political arena of her country only out of love for her people, husband and children.

Mar 18, 2021 2:02 PM Read more >

The Canadian Press receives record eight NNA nominations for breaking news, photos

TORONTO — The Canadian Press is nominated for eight National Newspaper Awards for its coverage of a killing rampage in Nova Scotia and selection of pictures that include all three finalists in the breaking news photo category.

Mar 18, 2021 1:42 PM Read more >

Daycare fees are rising, but report says many centres may close due to pandemic

OTTAWA — Daycare providers across the country are finding themselves in dire financial straits, as the pandemic exposed how overly reliant the system is on soaring parental fees, says a report on the cost of child care in Canada.

Mar 18, 2021 1:40 PM Read more >

Trudeau not welcome 'by our side' unless gun bill overhauled: Polytechnique families

OTTAWA — Several family members of women killed in the 1989 Ecole Polytechnique massacre say Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will no longer be welcome at annual commemorations unless his government strengthens recently tabled gun-control legislation.

Mar 18, 2021 1:14 PM Read more >

Member of military police charged in relation to racist pictures

OTTAWA — A member of Canada’s military police has been charged with two counts of violating the Armed Forces’ disciplinary code after allegedly spreading racist pictures.

Mar 18, 2021 1:11 PM Read more >

B.C. auto insurance rebate cheques delayed after 'criminal' cyberattack: minister

VICTORIA — A "criminal" cyberattack will delay COVID-19 rebate cheques that were supposed to be in the mail this week, says the minister responsible for British Columbia's public auto insurance agency.

Mar 18, 2021 12:45 PM Read more >

Young man charged in death of fellow Alberta high school student appears in court

LEDUC, Alta. — A judge has given a 19-year-old man accused of killing a fellow student at an Edmonton-area school time to find a lawyer before he returns to court.

Mar 18, 2021 12:17 PM Read more >

Iran's report on shootdown of Flight 752 doesn't explain why it happened: TSB

OTTAWA — Canada's Transportation Safety Board says Iranian officials failed to provide evidence that a passenger jet was shot down by mistake early last year, leaving key questions unanswered as Iran's military effectively investigated itself.

Mar 18, 2021 11:53 AM Read more >

Trees removed at intersection of Humboldt Broncos bus crash

REGINA — The Saskatchewan government has removed a stand of trees that was near the site of the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash three years ago.

Mar 18, 2021 11:30 AM Read more >