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Health Canada approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

OTTAWA — Health Canada approved the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and BioNTech Wednesday, paving the way for vaccinations to begin countrywide as early as next Tuesday.

Dec 9, 2020 6:19 PM Read more >

Lametti questions Conservatives' sincerity in wanting to protect vulnerable

OTTAWA — Justice Minister David Lametti is questioning the sincerity of Conservatives who contend they're holding up a bill on assisted dying because it doesn't do enough to protect vulnerable people with disabilities.

Dec 9, 2020 6:00 PM Read more >

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

The federal government says the largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history could begin as early as next week.

Dec 9, 2020 5:45 PM Read more >

CBSA manager told not to take notes after Meng arrest in case of access request

VANCOUVER — A senior manager with the Canada Border Services Agency says she was instructed not to take notes after the arrest of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou — an arrest that will be under court scrutiny next year.

Dec 9, 2020 5:35 PM Read more >

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Wednesday, Dec. 9

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 7:19 p.m. As B.C.

Dec 9, 2020 5:23 PM Read more >

Battle lines drawn for first ministers' meeting on health care

OTTAWA — Premiers aren't expecting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to agree immediately to their demand for at least $28 billion more each year for health care.

Dec 9, 2020 4:13 PM Read more >

U.S. issues challenge to Canada's dairy quotas in first test of new trade agreement

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The United States opened a new chapter Wednesday in the book of trade tensions with Canada, formally complaining that U.S. dairy producers are being unfairly shut out of markets north of the border.

Dec 9, 2020 4:05 PM Read more >

Man charged after targeting Somali women in parking lot of Edmonton mall

EDMONTON — A 41-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly yelled racial slurs at two Somali woman wearing hijabs in an Edmonton mall parking lot.

Dec 9, 2020 3:58 PM Read more >

Quebec tables bill to give families of missing Indigenous children access to records

QUEBEC — The Quebec government introduced legislation on Wednesday that would allow relatives of Indigenous children who disappeared or died after being admitted to health-care facilities to obtain information about their loved ones.

Dec 9, 2020 3:44 PM Read more >

Quebec government lawyers tell court Bill 21 is not a violation of freedoms

MONTREAL — The Quebec government does not believe its secularism law violates freedom of religion, but rather it serves to frame it, one of its lawyers told a court Wednesday.

Dec 9, 2020 3:33 PM Read more >