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Coroner role after strep-throat death of Indigenous child before Ontario's top court
TORONTO - The failure of a coroner to fully investigate the death of a four-year-old Indigenous boy was part of a systemic dereliction of duty that ought to face legal scrutiny, Ontario's top court he...
May 06, 2021
NACI chair says advice not meant to give AstraZeneca recipients vaccine remorse
OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...
May 06, 2021
Einarson extends win streak and improves playoff chances at world curling playdowns
CALGARY - Canada's Kerri Einarson defeated Denmark's Madeleine Dupont 10-8 on Thursday to extend her winning streak to five games at the world women's curling championship. Einarson (6-5), who started...
May 06, 2021
Federal government under fire for stopping short of U.S. commitment on vaccine waiver
WASHINGTON - Ottawa has yet to follow the United States on easing patent protections for COVID-19 vaccines - and critics and allies alike are noticing. The One Campaign, a progressive anti-poverty gro...
May 06, 2021
House parties and other gatherings blamed for Iqaluit's rise in COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's chief public health officer says house parties and visits between households are to blame for a rise in COVID-19 cases in Iqaluit. Dr. Michael Patterson says he knows of a...
May 06, 2021
Mirasty case adjourned for new sentencing date
The man who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the Sequin Mooswa homicide investigation had his case adjourned in North Battleford Provincial Court Thursday to set a new sentencing date.On Oct. 27, 202...
May 06, 2021
NDP promises foreign buyers' tax, half a million new homes to cool housing market
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is pledging a hefty foreign home buyers' tax and "massive" investment in housing to chill a boiling-hot real estate market. Singh's election campaign-style promise, u...
May 06, 2021
Supreme Court will hear appeal of Quebec money laundering case quashed over delays
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal in a case where the conviction of four people accused of money laundering on behalf of the Hells Angels was quashed over unreasonable legal del...
May 06, 2021
Hospital investigating whether woman who died after AstraZeneca shot was turned away
EDMONTON - Officials with an Edmonton hospital say they're investigating what happened when a woman who would later die sought help at the emergency department after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine. A fa...
May 06, 2021
Muslim, civil liberties groups to appeal Quebec court ruling on religious symbols law
MONTREAL - Two groups that unsuccessfully challenged Quebec's religious symbols law in court say they'll be appealing last month's ruling. The National Council of Canadian Muslims and the Canadian Civ...
May 06, 2021