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Some Albertans who received the AstraZeneca-Oxford vaccine are having to cancel their international travel plans, again.Several countries and tour operators, including many cruise lines, don't recognize the Covishield version of AstraZeneca, which is made in India. Others are not accepting travellers who received different types of vaccines for their first and...

Toronto police have issued an indecent exposure public safety alert and are asking for help to identify a man who they say exposed himself on a subway train on two separate occasions last month.The first incident occurred on July 12 around 5:30 p.m. while the train was near Lawrence West...

The Toronto Raptors officially waived centre Aron Baynes after just one season, the team announced on Wednesday.The Australian’s $7.35-million deal was set to become a guaranteed contract at 5 p.m. on Thursday.Toronto makes it official on the Aron Baynes waiver.The Baynes $7.35M contract was set to become guaranteed on Thursday.$9.3M below the tax...

CALGARY - Premier Jason Kenney says he respects the advice of Alberta's top doctor to lift all COVID-19 public health orders, as local leaders and health-care experts from across the country continue to condemn the province's plans. In defence of Alberta's move to end isolation requirements, contact tracing and asymptomatic...

OTTAWA -- Canadians may have to wait a few days to find out the final results of a federal election called in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada's chief electoral officer warns. And they may find themselves voting in unusual places or having to go a bit further afield...

Four members of Team Canada's swim team are back on Canadian soil after picking up a heap of medals at the Tokyo Olympics. Speaking to CP24 on Wednesday morning, swimmers Maggie Mac Neil, Kylie Masse, Taylor Ruck, and Kayla Sanchez described the "crazy whirlwind" trip to Tokyo amid a global...

Brampton is commemorating a major COVID-19 milestone with no virus-related patients in intensive care units (ICU) for the first time in the pandemic, Mayor Patrick Brown says. While speaking at the city’s weekly coronavirus press briefing on Wednesday, Brown said that there are currently zero patients with the deadly virus...

A male pedestrian has been rushed to hospital in critical condition following a hit-and-run in Etobicoke’s Richview neighbourhood. It happened at around 10:30 a.m. near Wincott Drive and Strathdee Drive, which is in the vicinity of Kipling and Eglinton avenues. Police say that the suspect vehicle fled the scene. No...

Cleaning has become the leading cause of TTC bus delays during the COVID-19 pandemic but the transit agency insists that its decision to frequently disinfect its vehicles is not contributing to overcrowding. According to figures uploaded to the city’s open data portal, cleaning accounted for nearly 46 per cent (7,499)...

TOKYO - Canada's Andre De Grasse has raced to a gold medal in the men's 200 metres at the Tokyo Olympics. De Grasse roared to the finish line in a Canadian-record time of 19.62 seconds. Kenneth Bednarek took silver in 19.68 seconds and fellow American Noah Lyles earned bronze in...

Ontario officials reported 139 new COVID-19 infections on Wednesday, along with 11 new deaths, seven of which became known by investigations into deaths that occurred during the pandemic's second wave. Wednesday’s count is the third straight decline in cases since a stretch where 200 or more per day were reported...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The party for the nation's 44th president will go on, but only for family and close friends. Former President Barack Obama has scaled back his 60th birthday bash set for this weekend at his Martha's Vineyard home off the Massachusetts coast due to the surge of infections...

GREENVILLE, Calif. (AP) - Thousands of firefighters have prepared for a tougher fight against California's largest wildfire as extremely dangerous weather returns, threatening to stoke flames into explosive growth. Firefighters were able to save homes and hold large stretches of the blaze, but a red flag warning was scheduled for...

Alberta's Opposition New Democratic Party called Tuesday for a public inquiry into Premier Jason Kenney and his government's handling of the COVID-19 crisis.Meanwhile, in Kenney's first public remarks since last week's announcement that all remaining health restrictions would be lifted, the premier said the strategy was motivated by the province's chief medical officer...

As the world staggers through another summer of extreme weather, experts are noticing something different: 2021's onslaught is hitting harder and in places that have been spared global warming's wrath in the past.Wealthy countries such as the United States, Canada, Germany and Belgium are joining poorer and more vulnerable nations...

An American couple who found peace in a small, seaside Nova Scotia town will continue serving the community for years to come.Tim and Diane Ledvina posthumously donated $4.8 million to Liverpool's Queens General Hospital Foundation, the largest single private donation the foundation has ever received."They loved people," Tom, Tim's twin...

Meng Wanzhou will return to a Vancouver courtroom Wednesday for the final weeks of an extradition proceeding that has lasted more than two and a half years, roiling relations between Canada and China in the process.The Huawei executive's lawyers are expected to take a final stab at convincing the judge...

The hijackers who captured a vessel off the coast of the United Arab Emirates in the Gulf of Oman departed the targeted ship on Wednesday, the British navy reported, as recorded radio traffic appeared to reveal a crew member onboard saying Iranian gunmen had stormed the asphalt tanker. The incident...

A 30-year-old Wasaga Beach woman stopped by police near Lake Simcoe last Friday was driving under the influence with five children inside her minivan, Durham Regional Police allege. Officers say that at 9:30 p.m. on July 30, they stopped minivan at Highway 12 and Regional Road 23, north of Beaverton...

NEW YORK (AP) - New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo faced mounting pressure Tuesday to resign, including from President Joe Biden and other onetime Democratic allies, after an investigation found he sexually harassed nearly a dozen women and worked to retaliate against one of his accusers. “I think he should resign,”...