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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11:15 a.m.Ontario is reporting 2,716 new cases of COVID-19 today, more than half of them in the Toronto area.Toronto and nearby P...

Alberta leads the Prairie provinces in being the first to take COVID-19 vaccine bookings for pre-teens.The province begins accepting appointments for kids as young as 12 starting Monday, May 10.Saskat...

For more than a year now, the state of America's live music industry has been a grim one. The COVID-19 pandemic threw hundreds of thousands of musicians, roadies and other touring industry professiona...

The Canadian men's rugby team, which last played in October 2019 at the World Cup in Japan, will return to action in July against tough opposition in Wales and England. The 23rd-ranked Canadians will ...

WASHINGTON - The U.S. will protect gay and transgender people against sex discrimination in health care, the Biden administration announced Monday, reversing a Trump-era policy that sought to narrow t...

CAIRO - At least five people, including a woman and a child, drowned when a boat carrying at least 45 Europe-bound migrants capsized off Libya, a U.N. migration official said on Monday. The wreck was ...

Grande Prairie's Mayor says the city's newly approved energy strategy creates a foundation for efficient energy generation and consumption while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.Jackie Clayton says i...

BRUSSELS - European Union foreign ministers on Monday debated ways to maintain support for Afghanistan's beleaguered government after a brutal weekend attack on a girls' school underscored deep concer...

BEIJING - China will draw a "separation line" atop Mount Everest to prevent the coronavirus from being spread by climbers ascending Nepal's side of the mountain, Chinese state media reported Monday. A...

BERLIN - Germany's powerful Catholic progressives are openly defying a recent Holy See pronouncement that priests cannot bless same-sex unions by offering such blessings at services in about 100 diffe...