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OTTAWA — Health Canada says almost 1.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines held in a national inventory have expired since January. That includes more than 420,000 doses of Moderna's Spikevax that hit the end of their shelf life on Tuesday.

REGINA — The Constitution is to be amended as it relates to the Saskatchewan Act so as to remove a section that exempts Canadian Pacific Railway from paying taxes in the province.

QUEBEC — The trial of a man charged in Quebec's Halloween night sword attack was postponed Wednesday until next week after a second juror tested positive for COVID-19.

HALIFAX — The final victim in Nova Scotia's mass shooting knew the killer and told her daughter she was afraid he could be headed for her home, about an hour before he arrived in her driveway on April 19, 2020.

OTTAWA — Advocates say while the focus on housing affordability in the federal budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire need.

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A pill to treat COVID-19 appears to be the country's best hope, outside of vaccines and strong public health measures, to keep hospitals from being overrun with cases of the virus now and in the future, doctors say.

MERRITT, Wash. — Chief Arnie Lampreau of the Shackan Indian Band looks across the Nicola River that surged in November, pulling entire homes into its current and forcing residents to flee.

OTTAWA — Canada's largest grassroots Muslim organization is asking a court to halt a federal audit of its activities as a registered charity, alleging the probe is discriminatory and violates its charter rights.

TORONTO — There was no winning ticket was sold in Tuesday's Lotto Max $50 million draw. The three available $1 million Maxmillion prizes are also going unclaimed.