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Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada

Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada

Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as the federal government prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of doses while provinces limited use of the shot.
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Saskatchewan RCMP officer arrested after man found dead in wooded area

Saskatchewan RCMP officer arrested after man found dead in wooded area

PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. — Police in Saskatchewan have taken an RCMP officer into custody following a man's death they say they are investigating as a homicide.
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Vancouver mayor says no time for drug decriminalization redo

Vancouver mayor says no time for drug decriminalization redo

Vancouver's mayor says he understands that some drug users aren't happy with the city's proposed model for decriminalization but time is of the essence and the details can be worked out later.
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Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating

Business leaders in Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin urge court to keep Line 5 operating

WASHINGTON — Political "brinksmanship" in Michigan risks allowing Enbridge Inc.
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Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official

Focus on helping right whales survive, not assigning blame: Canadian official

HALIFAX — A Canada-U.S. spat over who is responsible for the recent death of a critically endangered right whale has prompted a senior Canadian official to suggest there's got to be a better way of settling such disputes.
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Military reports minimal progress in drive to add more women to the ranks

Military reports minimal progress in drive to add more women to the ranks

OTTAWA — The Canadian Armed Forces is reporting minimal progress in its drive to increase the number of women in uniform over the past five years — a task experts say has been made even harder following recent allegations of sexual misconduct in the
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Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region

Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region.
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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 3:55 p.m. Saskatchewan is reporting 183 new cases of COVID-19 today. Two more people have died, both in their 70s. The province is now dealing with 2,016 active cases.
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Northwest Territories looks to reopen schools after COVID-19 outbreak in Yellowknife

Northwest Territories looks to reopen schools after COVID-19 outbreak in Yellowknife

The Northwest Territories says it hopes to get students back into classrooms on Monday after a COVID-19 outbreak in Yellowknife forced schools to close. There have been 61 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in connection with an outbreak at N.J.
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U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says

U.K. eyeing fall for start of detailed trade deal talks with Canada, minister says

OTTAWA — Britain's trade minister says his country expects to kick-start talks on a free-trade pact with Canada in the fall and suggests it might differ in scope from what is now in place.
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