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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.

Jan 7, 2021 12:09 PM Read more >

Ongoing U.S. tariffs on Canadian exports of solar products 'unwarranted,' says Ng

OTTAWA — The federal government is pushing back against ongoing American tariffs on Canadian solar products.

Jan 7, 2021 10:58 AM Read more >

Education said key in overcoming health-care worker opposition to COVID-19 vaccine

TORONTO — A consensus appears to have developed that educating reluctant health-care workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 is better than trying to force them to get the shots.

Jan 7, 2021 10:34 AM Read more >

National group launches legal action to increase abortion access in New Brunswick

FREDERICTON — A national civil liberties group is launching a legal action against New Brunswick in order to increase abortion access in the province.

Jan 7, 2021 10:11 AM Read more >

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.

Jan 7, 2021 10:01 AM Read more >

Canadian Armed Forces lay out COVID-19 vaccination plans for troops

OTTAWA — The Canadian military's surgeon general says the Canadian Armed Forces have received enough doses of the Moderna vaccine to immunize 1,200 members against COVID-19. Maj.-Gen.

Jan 7, 2021 9:54 AM Read more >

'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.

Jan 7, 2021 7:36 AM Read more >

Discovery of two-million-year-old tools shows human adaptability: scientist

To the uninitiated, they look like chipped rocks. To Julio Mercader of the University of Calgary, they look like two-million-year-old messages from the dawn of human technology.

Jan 7, 2021 3:00 AM Read more >

Leaders talk vaccine roll out and Washington's day of chaos: In The News for Jan. 7

In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ...

Jan 7, 2021 2:20 AM Read more >

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. There are 626,799 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 626,799 confirmed cases (79,203 active, 531,227 resolved, 16,369 deaths).

Jan 7, 2021 2:00 AM Read more >