BRANTFORD, Ont. - Wayne Gretzky remembered his father, Walter, as a man with "a heart of gold" today at his funeral in Brantford, Ont.
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TORONTO - Ontario's New Democrats say they would create a new cap-and-trade carbon pricing system if elected in 2022.
TORONTO - Ontario is reporting 990 new cases of COVID-19 today and six more deaths linked to the virus.
Quebec is reporting 749 new cases of COVID-19 today along with 10 new deaths linked to the virus.
OTTAWA - A newly released audit report shows that difficulties with the judicial warrant process at Canada's spy agency — an issue that made headlines last summer — stretch back at least nine years.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Saturday, March 6, 2021.
TORONTO - No winning ticket was sold for the estimated $29 million jackpot in Friday night's Lotto Max draw.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:00 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 9:15 p.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia Supreme Court judge has reserved his decision on a request from three churches to throw out provincial health orders that prevent them from holding in-person services.
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):
REGINA - A Regina judge has reserved his decision on whether to delay one of the many lawsuits filed after the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash.
MONTREAL - Live theatre and music could soon return to Montreal for the first time since the fall but promoters say they are worried that the nighttime curfew in the city will dampen their plans.
If Wayne Gretzky's Edmonton Oilers were ever in a rut, there was only one solution.
An off-duty police detective in the Toronto area has been charged with sexual assault and sexual exploitation.
Some provinces are setting out on ambitious accelerations of their vaccine rollouts as Canada expands its stockpile of shots to protect against COVID-19.
OTTAWA - The approval of a fourth COVID-19 vaccine and news of accelerated deliveries for another had government officials taking an optimistic tone Friday about the path of the pandemic in Canada.
TORONTO - The recent approval of new vaccines will accelerate Ontario's immunization plan, the province said Friday as the man in charge of the rollout expressed optimism all adults could receive the first dose by June 20.
TORONTO - Pandemic restrictions will loosen in Toronto and neighbouring Peel Region next week as the province lifts a strict stay-at-home order, a move the government described Friday as a "positive step forward."
CALGARY - Projects that qualify to sell federal greenhouse gas emission credits to offset industrial carbon taxes will have to have been started in the past four years and go "beyond business-as-usual practices" under proposed regulations unveiled by Ottawa.
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's health minister says all 25 communities in the territory are to receive by the end of the month enough COVID-19 vaccine so every adult who wants a first dose will get one.
Toronto's former police chief has been appointed special adviser to the province for its redevelopment of Ontario Place.
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will keep its spending focus on emergency aid and won't talk about hiking long-term health-care funding until after the COVID-19 pandemic is over.
Canada added a single-dose COVID-19 vaccine to its pandemic-fighting arsenal on Friday, approving Johnson & Johnson's product a week after it was authorized in the United States.
OTTAWA - A member of the Canadian Armed Forces has died in Afghanistan.
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada says two men convicted of terrorism offences received a fair trial even though the judge made an error in assembling the jury.
Toronto police say they have suspended an officer following his arrest for an alleged indecent act in Whitby, Ont.
MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog says it is investigating after a woman — who was the subject of five wellness checks by Montreal police — was found dead.
OTTAWA - A newly released email appears to support former military ombudsman Gary Walbourne's assertion that he told Defence Minister Harjit Sajjan about an allegation of sexual misconduct against then-defence chief Gen. Jonathan Vance three years ago.
MONTREAL - Several men at a Montreal-area immigration detention centre refused food this week to protest what they say are inhumane conditions at the facility and to try and secure their release.
TORONTO - Inspector Graham Gibson never bought into the argument that autism prevented Alek Minassian from knowing that killing unsuspecting pedestrians on a crowded sidewalk was morally wrong.
TORONTO - Thousands of people tuned in earlier this week as the judge overseeing a high-profile trial into one of the deadliest attacks in Toronto delivered her guilty verdict from the basement of her home, with a fireplace and tightly shut blinds as a backdrop.
NEWMARKET, Ont. - Police say they've laid more charges against a 68-year-old doctor accused of sexual assault after nine more alleged victims came forward.
OTTAWA - Canada's municipalities are asking the federal government to include $7 billion in its upcoming budget for cities and housing providers to buy disused properties and quickly turn them into affordable housing.
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed three family members and himself in 2017 heard testimony today from an occupational therapist who said Lionel Desmond had trouble controlling his anxiety and anger.
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TORONTO - Ontario's Liberals say they have paid off their $10-million debt from the 2018 provincial election in which they suffered the worst defeat in the party's history.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Friday, March 5, 2021.
As COVID-19 vaccine supplies ramp up across the country, most provinces and territories have released details of who can expect to receive a shot in the coming weeks. Here's a list of their plans to date:
Walter Gretzky, the ultimate Canadian hockey dad who taught and nurtured the Great One, has died. He was 82.
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 4, 2021.
VANCOUVER - A Crown lawyer is urging a B.C. Supreme Court judge to ignore the "geopolitical winds swirling around" Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou's extradition case and focus instead on the legal context.
Premiers say federal COVID-19 vaccine procurement delays have left them no choice but to stretch out the time between doses, as pharmacies in some parts of Ontario were preparing to start giving shots next week.
OTTAWA - With a federal budget in the offing, premiers are stepping up the pressure on Ottawa to immediately boost health-care funding by at least $28 billion a year.
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):
MONTREAL - A Universite de Montreal education professor has been charged with a sexual offence involving an 11-year-old child.
WASHINGTON - The federal government won't let Michigan shut down the Line 5 pipeline, Canada's natural resources minister said Thursday as he dismissed opposition comparisons to the thwarted Keystone XL project.
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