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The U.S. on Monday finally reached President Joe Biden's goal of getting at least one COVID-19 shot into 70% of American adults -- a month late and amid a fierce surge by the delta variant that is swa...

A recent update from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) is reporting additional fires in the province.As of July 31, there were 119 fires active wildfires in the province: 17 uncontained, ei...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Health officials in San Francisco and six other Bay Area counties announced Monday that they are reinstating a mask mandate for all indoor settings as COVID-19 infections surge be...

REPENTIGNY, Que. - The family of a Black man shot and killed by police in a Montreal suburb on Sunday wants to know why officers opened fire. Jean-Ren Junior Olivier's family told reporters gathered o...

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - A push to change the offensive name of a Newfoundland lake began with apparent plans for public consultation but ended in a flood of angry emails and a government about-face, emails...

OTTAWA - The federal government is expecting to receive more than 2.3 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine this week, as public health officials brace for a potential fourth wave of i...

MONTREAL - Quebec pork producers are asking the province to end a labour strike at a major slaughterhouse because thousands of pigs risk being euthanized. The producers want Labour Minister Jean Boule...

OTTAWA - Former Afghan interpreters now living in Canada are pleading for the federal government to help extended family members still stuck in Afghanistan. The former interpreters, who were among abo...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors say a trio of new coaches has joined the team ahead of the 2021-2022 NBA season. The team says Trevor Gleeson, Nathaniel Mitchell and former Phoenix Suns coach Earl Watso...

SHEFFIELD, United Kingdom - Canadian international Theo Corbeanu has joined League One's Sheffield Wednesday on a season-long loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers of the Premier League. The 19-year-old w...