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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said today his office was busy working the phones to secure him an appointment for the AstraZeneca shot at an Ottawa pharmacy now that the age restrictions have been adjusted in Ontario. But Trudeau will have to act quickly — the country's limited AstraZeneca stockpile is quickly running low.

Jim Steinman, the Grammy-winning composer who wrote Meat Loaf's best-selling Bat Out Of Hell debut album as well as hits for Celine Dion, Air Supply and Bonnie Tyler, has died, his brother said. He was 73.

The federal government says any future negotiations about boosting health funding to provinces will be tied to talks on sexual and reproductive health services — including abortion.

The jury has reached a verdict in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in the death of George Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man who was killed during an arrest last May.

A day after a software error wiped out wireless services for thousands of Rogers customers across Canada for most of the day, consumers, telecom executives and critical public services still have questions about what exactly happened and how it can be avoided in the future.

Provincial governments have reacted with a mixture of skepticism and openness to the Liberal government's pledge to build a universal and affordable child-care system.

The Canada-U.S. border will remain closed to non-essential travel until at least May 21. Public Safety Minister Bill Blair tweeted the extension this morning.

U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday that he is "praying the verdict is the right verdict" in the murder trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin and that he believed the case, which has gone to the jury and put the nation on edge, to be "overwhelming."

Europe's drug regulator has found a possible link between Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine and rare blood clotting issues in adults who received doses in the United States, but backed its overall benefits against any risks.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland take questions on their 2021 budget.

The Ontario Hockey League has cancelled its 2020-21 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic, making it the lone Canadian major junior loop to not return.

Chad's president, Idriss Deby, has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, the army said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a presidential election.

Chad's President Idriss Deby has died while visiting troops on the front line of a fight against northern rebels, the army said on Tuesday, the day after Deby was declared the winner of a presidential election.

Canadian National Railway Co. is trying to buy U.S. railway Kansas City Southern out from under the nose of rival Canadian Pacific, which launched a takeover offer of its own for the U.S. carrier last month.

The Super League collapsed before a ball was kicked in the European breakaway competition after being abandoned by the six English clubs, leaving the Spanish and Italian participants stranded.

Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester United, Manchester City and Tottenham deserted the 12-team project amid an escalating backlash that saw the government warn of legislating to stop the breakaway competition.

Former premier Christy Clark told a provincial inquiry on Tuesday that she wasn't alerted by her government to a massive spike in suspicious cash entering B.C.'s casinos until 2015, despite the problem having reportedly been "apparent" by then for at least four years.

Communities on both sides of the Alberta-British Columbia border are bracing for incoming travel restrictions that the B.C. government says will be coming Friday.

Toronto and Peel Region are issuing orders to force businesses with five or more cases of COVID-19 in the last two weeks to close.

In a year that has seen life turned upside down by the COVID-19 global pandemic, Kyle White made a 180-degree turn in his own life by dropping some bad habits and more than 150 pounds.

Most members of Parliament grew up in a political culture that embraced the Reagan-Thatcher school of low taxes, light regulation and small government. Thanks to the pandemic — and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland's new budget — that era arguably came to an end this week.

Veterans Affairs conducted an internal review into the circumstances leading up to the day an Afghanistan veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder shot his family and himself — but never shared the existence of that review or its findings with the ongoing provincial fatality inquiry that seeks to prevent future deaths.

Veterans Affairs conducted an internal review into the circumstances leading up to the day an Afghanistan veteran with severe post-traumatic stress disorder shot his family and himself — but never shared the existence of that review or its findings with the ongoing provincial fatality inquiry that seeks to prevent future deaths.

Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's Skytrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

The killing of George Floyd unleashed a global storm, and now multiple cities are preparing for the fallout from the trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin. Windows are being boarded up, the National Guard has been deployed and police officers are being ordered to cancel holidays in anticipation of the verdict.

The Quebec Superior Court has struck down some sections of the province's secularism law, but also ruled its most controversial provisions are constitutional. 

Justice Marc-André Blanchard has ruled the law can’t be applied to English schools because it violates minority language education rights, protected under Section 23 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

The Quebec Superior Court has struck down some sections of the province's secularism law but also ruled that its most controversial provisions are constitutional. The government plans to appeal the decision, saying the exemption for anglophones will create a more divided province.

A Quebec Superior Court judge will issue a ruling later this morning on whether the province's controversial ban on religious symbols is constitutional. The ruling could have far-reaching implications for the rest of the country.

Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's SkyTrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's Skytrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's Skytrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

Prince George once bought ads on Vancouver's SkyTrain promising affordable housing. Now it's dealing with its own real estate bubble, and locals fear they will be priced out of the market.

Defence contractors, perhaps one in particular, were served notice in Monday's budget that the Liberal government will penalize companies that try to do the country economic harm. The policy was a feature of a nasty trade dispute between Ottawa and U.S.-based Boeing over three years ago. Its resurrection comes as Boeing is one of the bidders for the replacement of the RCAF's fighters.

Despite the Liberal Party's 2015 promise not to table omnibus budgets, Monday's budget contains several potentially controversial provisions that have little or nothing to do with government spending or the economy.

San Jose Sharks forward Patrick Marleau surpassed Gordie Howe's Gordie How on the NHL's all-time games played list Monday during a game against the Vegas Golden Knights.

B.C. Premier John Horgan announced new travel restrictions on Monday to stop non-essential travel and reduce travel between health authorities. More details are expected to be announced later this week.

Liberals look to spend big money on big promises as the government plans for a post-pandemic Canada. Plus, At Issue looks at the politics behind all the spending.

As the world confronts a warming climate, the federal Liberals are committing billions more dollars to a variety of measures meant to reduce greenhouse gas emissions across the economy and help drive a "green recovery" from the pandemic-induced economic slowdown.

New measures are in place as two new cases of COVID-19 have been reported in Kinngait Monday evening.