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OTTAWA — Canada's chief public health officer says the country is now in the midst of a fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man has been charged with first-degree murder after a woman was stabbed at a shopping centre Wednesday east of Montreal. Marc-André Houle, 43, appeared briefly by videoconference today at the courthouse in St-Hyacinthe, Que.

VANCOUVER — Researchers in Vancouver are working to unleash a new weapon they hope will defeat the spread of the virus that causes COVID-19.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Press erroneously reported in a story published Aug. 10 that Sanofi Pasteur's existing vaccine plant in Toronto makes flu vaccine.

OTTAWA — The federal government could make about $177 million over 10 years from a support deal it reached with Air Canada, the parliamentary budget officer said in a report Thursday. The PBO estimate is based on Air Canada using only part of the $5.

MONTREAL — Two brothers charged in connection with an alleged kidnapping of their teen sister have been denied bail.

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VANCOUVER — The United States has laid out a case against Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou that shows her actions meet the classic definition of "commercial dishonesty," said a lawyer for Canada's attorney general, as her case entered its final stage in

TISDALE, Sask. — Mounties say a man is in hot water for landing a helicopter to pick up a cool treat in a Saskatchewan town.

Heat warnings and special weather statements cover most of southern British Columbia as temperatures are forecast to soar through the weekend, magnifying anxiety about wildfire risk.