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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, May 12, 2021

The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, May 12, 2021. There are 1,305,770 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 1,305,770 confirmed cases (76,676 active, 1,204,328 resolved, 24,766 deaths).
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Hundreds of complaints about false statements during 2019 campaign investigated

Hundreds of complaints about false statements during 2019 campaign investigated

OTTAWA — Elections commissioner Yves Cote says his office investigated some 400 complaints about false statements allegedly made during the 2019 federal election campaign. He says all but two or three have been resolved and none have been prosecuted.
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Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada

Questions remain about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca shot in Canada

Questions remained Wednesday about the future of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine in Canada as the federal government prepared to receive hundreds of thousands of doses while provinces limited use of the shot.
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Vancouver mayor says there's no time for drug decriminalization redo

Vancouver mayor says there's no time for drug decriminalization redo

Vancouver's mayor says he understands that some drug users aren't happy with the city's proposed model for decriminalization but time is of the essence and the details can be worked out later.
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BQ calls on Liberals to avoid pandemic election, despite voting non-confidence

BQ calls on Liberals to avoid pandemic election, despite voting non-confidence

OTTAWA — After repeatedly voting non-confidence in the minority Liberal government, the Bloc Quebecois is now calling on the government to do everything possible to avoid an election during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Canadian Forces member charged in death of army reservist during training exercise

Canadian Forces member charged in death of army reservist during training exercise

OTTAWA — The Canadian Forces says it has charged one of its members in the death of an army reservist from British Columbia during a training exercise at a military base in Alberta last year. The military says Cpl.
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U.K. study says expect more reactions from mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines

U.K. study says expect more reactions from mixing Pfizer and AstraZeneca vaccines

Preliminary results of an ongoing study in the United Kingdom suggest alternating the Oxford-AstraZeneca and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines causes more frequent mild to moderate symptoms, but there are no other safety concerns from mixing those vaccines.
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Garneau quarantine travel to Iceland raises government confusion over rules

Garneau quarantine travel to Iceland raises government confusion over rules

OTTAWA — Plans for Canada's foreign affairs minister to take his second international trip in less than a month have raised questions around what's allowed for those in quarantine and a discrepancy between what Canadians are told and what regulations
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Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case

Crown seeks life sentence for youth in terrorism case

OTTAWA — The Crown is seeking a life sentence for a teenager who pleaded guilty to terrorism-related charges including possession of explosive material and counselling someone to detonate a bomb.
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Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region

Singh calls for halt on Canadian arms sales to Israel as violence escalates in region

OTTAWA — NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling on the federal government to halt arms sales to Israel amid escalating violence in the region.
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