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The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, April 22, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 360,819 new vaccinations administered for a total of 11,158,636 doses given.

OTTAWA — The federal government is suspending incoming passenger flights from India and Pakistan for the next month as cases of COVID-19 surge in both countries. "Effective 11:30 p.m.

Canada will ban all flights from India and Pakistan for 30 days after pressure from provincial leaders who are making tough decisions to tackle surging COVID-19 variant cases at home.

TORONTO — Hate crime complaints and arrests in the country's largest city jumped sharply last year, with Jewish and Black people the most common targets, according to an annual police report released on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Justin Trudeau's minority Liberal government has survived the second of three confidence votes on the massive federal budget.

NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — Family and friends of a 13-year-old who was fatally stabbed by a stranger in 2016 gathered in a B.C.

Canada will be more than $100 billion poorer by 2050 if the world doesn't work harder to fight climate change, says one of the world's largest insurers.

SASKATOON — Nazeem Muhajarine says he feels a sense of relief after receiving his first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine last week at a centre in Saskatoon. "It was just so well-organized and run. I felt completely safe," Muhajarine said in an interview.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is promising to slash Canada's greenhouse gas emissions by 40 to 45 per cent over the next nine years, but without specifics on how to meet the more ambitious goal, which falls short of the target set by its clo

OTTAWA — International graduates and essential workers eligible to apply for permanent residency under a new program say requiring them to retake language proficiency tests is unreasonable, especially during a global pandemic.