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OTTAWA — With thousands of doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine creeping towards their expiration date in freezers across Canada, many provinces moved in mid-April to let people as young as 40 start getting vaccinated with them.

Quebec Premier François Legault said Tuesday he has no regrets about comments he made on immigration to a business crowd last week.

OTTAWA — Amid a flurry of fear and frustration over new advice from Canada's national vaccine advisers, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told Canadians Tuesday if they want this pandemic to end, they still need to get vaccinated as soon as they can.

OTTAWA — Canada may require international travellers to prove they were vaccinated against COVID-19 before they can enter the country, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said.

Quebec's regional economic development minister resigned Tuesday following allegations spanning several months that she psychologically harassed her staff.

HALIFAX — Nova Scotia’s top COVID-19 critical care doctor says Halifax patients in intensive care may face transfers outside the region in coming weeks, depending on whether the population can “flatten the curve” of the disease's spread.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government is creating a committee of senior ministers to figure out how to implement recommendations from a report tabled Monday calling for changes to the youth protection system.

OTTAWA — Proposed legislation to support Canada reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 has cleared its first legislative hurdle. Members of Parliament voted 210 to 122 in favour of sending Bill C-12 to a committee to be scrutinized.

AGASSIZ, B.C. — The British Columbia Conservation Officer Service says a woman has been airlifted to hospital with serious injuries after being attacked by a cougar.

Less than a year after New Brunswick businessman Dennis Oland was found not guilty of killing his multimillionaire father, Oland's wife applied for a restraining order, alleging her husband was prone to intimate partner violence.