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The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Dec. 16, 2020

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (All times Eastern): 7:35 p.m. Alberta's top doctor says an Edmonton arena is being set up as an alternate hospital with help from the Canadian Red Cross. Chief medical health officer Dr.

Dec 16, 2020 5:43 PM Read more >

More provinces administer first COVID-19 vaccines as cases mount

Canada's vaccine rollout reached four more provinces on Wednesday, with health-care workers being inoculated against COVID-19 as officials warned hospitals in some areas are nearing a breaking point.

Dec 16, 2020 5:32 PM Read more >

Detailed portrait emerges of gun acquisitions, cash stockpiles of N.S. mass killer

HALIFAX — A widening portrait of how a Nova Scotia mass killer acquired his weapons and stockpiled cash emerged Wednesday in the latest court-ordered release of documents.

Dec 16, 2020 5:01 PM Read more >

40 women in California launch suit against Montreal-based parent company of Pornhub

MONTREAL — A Montreal-based company that runs a popular porn website is being sued by 40 women in California who claim it continues to profit from pornographic videos of them that were published without their full consent.

Dec 16, 2020 4:48 PM Read more >

No funds for provinces that don't agree to improve long-term care standards, PM hints

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is hinting that provinces that don't want to work with Ottawa to improve standards in long-term care homes won't get federal funding.

Dec 16, 2020 4:17 PM Read more >

O'Toole walks back words on residential schools amid backlash

OTTAWA — Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is walking back comments on the original mission of residential schools after social-media backlash and searing criticism from First Nations leaders, New Democrats and Liberals.

Dec 16, 2020 4:11 PM Read more >

Scallop dragger sinking: Another wave of grief hits Nova Scotia

HILLSBURN, N.S. — After a year that has brought so much suffering to Nova Scotia, six families in a remote corner of the province are having to cope yet another loss following the sinking of a scallop dragger Tuesday.

Dec 16, 2020 4:00 PM Read more >

Response crews to spend holiday at site of sunken cargo ship fuel leak

BLIGH ISLAND — The Canadian Coast Guard says fuel that is leaking from a shipwreck on the west coast of Vancouver Island has been found on shore and oiled at least two animals.

Dec 16, 2020 3:32 PM Read more >

Food insecurity during COVID-19 pandemic linked to poor mental health: StatCan

OTTAWA — Canadians who worried about having enough food during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic this spring were more likely to perceive their mental health as poor and report anxiety symptoms than those who did not, Statistics Canada said in

Dec 16, 2020 3:12 PM Read more >

Fighting systemic racism, extremism will be priority for next military chief: Trudeau

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says one of the top priorities for the next commander of the Canadian Armed Forces will be tackling systemic racism and rooting extremism from the ranks.

Dec 16, 2020 2:58 PM Read more >