Haiti fights large COVID-19 spike as it awaits vaccines
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Ever since the pandemic began, Haiti had perplexed experts with seemingly low infection and death rates from COVID-19 despite its rickety public health system, a total lack of vaccines and a widespread disdain for safety me...
More Moderna COVID-19 vaccines allow Quebec to speed up second-dose appointments
MONTREAL — More Moderna vaccines will allow Quebec to accelerate its timeline for second doses, Health Minister Christian Dubé said Wednesday after Ottawa announced it expects to receive seven million doses of the vaccine this month. "Thanks to this an...
Oklahoma prison inmates to begin receiving computer tablets
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Inmates at an Oklahoma prison began receiving special computer tablets this week, as part of a Department of Corrections plan to provide secure tablets to everyone incarcerated in state prisons.
Canada, Alberta sign deal for $1.3B hydrogen plant in Edmonton
EDMONTON — The federal and Alberta governments have signed an agreement with a company that could lead to a $1.3 billion hydrogen plant being built in Edmonton. Two federal ministers, Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and Edmonton mayor Don Iveson announced...
UN expert says Myanmar attacks risk humanitarian tragedy
BANGKOK (AP) — At least one-quarter of the people in Myanmar's smallest state have been forced to flee their homes because of combat with the military junta that seized power in February, raising fears of a possible humanitarian tragedy including
COVID, commerce, climate, conflict: PM Trudeau enters G7 summit like no other
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will on Friday begin to meet with counterparts from the world’s most powerful democracies at the G7 Leaders' Summit to discuss overcoming COVID-19 and its economic reverberations. Chief among the decisions Canada...
No Cheers: Tokyo Olympic Village considering ban on alcohol
TOKYO (AP) — The Olympic Village has traditionally been a fun place to be, housing thousands of young athletes and staff ready to party and share a few beers and bubbly toasts.
NDP calls on Ottawa to recognize residential schools as genocide
OTTAWA — New Democrats are calling on the federal government to recognize the residential schools policy pursued by Canada for over a century as genocide against Indigenous Peoples. In a motion to be tabled in the House of Commons on Thursday,
Missouri governor: Pardon of 4-decade inmate not a priority
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican Missouri Gov. Mike Parson says addressing the clemency petition for a man who’s been behind bars for a triple murder for more than four decades is not a “priority,” even though prosecutors say he
Lawyers for N.B. doctor say New Brunswick premier must apologize by end of this week
FREDERICTON — Lawyers for a doctor who faced a barrage of hate and racism after being accused of violating COVID-19 measures in New Brunswick say time is running out for Premier Blaine Higgs to apologize. Dr. Jean-Robert Ngola was accused of