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Iran controls black boxes data from Ukraine crash downloaded in Paris: TSB chair
OTTAWA — Iran has the final say over who gets to analyze the flight data recorders from the Ukrainian passenger jet that its own Revolutionary Guard shot down in January, says the head of Canada's Transportation Safety Board. Kathy Fox, the
Feds order supplies to give two doses of COVID-19 vaccine when its ready
OTTAWA — The federal government is ordering more than 75 million syringes, alcohol swabs and bandages so it can inoculate Canadians as soon as a COVID-19 vaccine is ready. Procurement Minister Anita Anand says Ottawa intends to stockpile enough va...
By the numbers: Canada’s purchases of personal protective equipment to date
OTTAWA — Public Services and Procurement Canada has a $2.5-billion program to buy and distribute medical supplies for COVID-19 to the provinces and the National Emergency Strategic Stockpile. Here is what the department says has been delivered this yea...
Njoo tells young people to party at a distance to help keep COVID-19 down
OTTAWA — Singing and dancing in close quarters is not the way to party this summer, Canada's deputy public health officer Dr. Howard Njoo said Friday. Njoo urged younger people to stop jamming bars and dance floors, to stop the spread
Bar reopenings going ahead in Ontario as Quebec links cases to bars in Montreal
OTTAWA — Canada's deputy public health chief says going inside a bar to have a drink with friends remains a high-risk activity in the era of COVID-19. Dr. Howard Njoo's reminder Tuesday came just days before Ontario starts to allow indoo...
Feds should have put $912M into Canada Summer Jobs program: Opposition
OTTAWA — Federal opposition parties are demanding to know why the Liberal government created a $900-million program to help students find volunteer positions rather than putting the much-needed funds into an existing summer jobs program. The call for a...
Sentries return to National War Memorial as COVID-19 threat recedes
OTTAWA — Military sentries are returning to their spots in front of the National War Memorial and Tomb of the Unknown Soldier as the threat posed by COVID-19 appears to be receding. The Canadian Armed Forces has posted a ceremonial guard
Iran report blaming mistakes for military’s downing of PS752 dismissed
OTTAWA — A representative of Canadian families and loved ones killed in Iran's shootdown of a Ukrainian airliner in January says a new report blaming a misaligned missile battery and other mistakes by the Iranian military for the tragedy underscor...
Rough road built to Old Fort, B.C., after slide ripped out only access route
OLD FORT, B.C. — A temporary access road has been built to the northeastern British Columbia community of Old Fort after a slow landslide last month tore out a section of the only road to dozens of homes. The Ministry of Transportation and
