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No Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to be shipped to Canada next week: Fortin
OTTAWA — Canada is not getting any COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech next week and the federal government says it can't tell provinces exactly how many doses to expect over the next month. While there are some signs the relentless second
Canada says first COVID-19 vaccine for refugees in Jordan offers glimmer of hope
OTTAWA — Canada's international development minister says the world's first inoculation of a refugee against COVID-19 this week is an important milestone in ending the pandemic everywhere. Karina Gould told The Canadian Press in a statement that it was...
‘Ramp up’ of vaccine delivery in Canada not expected until April, Fortin says
OTTAWA — Canada's vaccine deliveries are getting bigger almost every week but there won't be enough doses shipped to provinces and territories to "ramp up" the vaccination program for another few months, Maj. Gen. Dany Fortin outlined on Thursday. Fort...
Yukon supports Haines, Alaska, following torrential rain, mudslides in December
WHITEHORSE — Yukon is sending financial support to Haines, Alaska, as that community recovers from last month's devastating floods and landslides. A statement from the government of Yukon says $25,000 has been sent to the Salvation Army Alaska Division...
Riverside residents in Vanderhoof, B.C., alarmed as ice jams limit Nechako River flow
VANDERHOOF, B.C. — Ice jams are building along the Nechako River in central British Columbia and officials in Vanderhoof say flooding of nearby properties is possible. The district has posted a warning advising its roughly 4.500 residents to stay clea...
‘That’s the plane’: How the federal government reacted to the downing of Flight PS752
OTTAWA — Shortly before 10 p.m. on Jan. 7, 2020, Foreign Affairs Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne peeked at his mobile phone during a particularly intense teleconference. A BBC report of a plane crash outside Tehran airport flashed on his Twitter f...
Timeline: A look at Canada’s relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA — It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran killed all 176 on board, including at
Timeline: A look at Canada’s relationship with Iran, before and after the PS752 crash
OTTAWA — It has been 66 years since Canada and Iran established diplomatic ties. Those had frayed and been mended many times before the crash of a Ukraine International Airlines flight near Tehran killed all 176 on board, including at
Goodale rejects Iran’s offer to compensate Canadian victims of downed Ukraine plane
OTTAWA — Canada's special adviser on the Iranian military's downing of a passenger jet one year ago this week is rejecting Tehran's offer to pay $150,000 to the families of those killed in the tragedy. Ralph Goodale, the former Liberal public
‘Out of this mess:’ A look at some of the lives lost in the downing of Flight PS752
Pedram Mousavi sat with the other passengers on Ukrainian International Airlines Flight PS752 as it remained parked on the tarmac south of Iran's capital, Tehran, about an hour behind schedule in the pre-dawn darkness. It was Jan. 8, 2020. Amid escala...
