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Hedgehogs can carry Salmonella bacteria even though they appear healthy and clean and show no signs of illness.

LONDON — Britain authorized a COVID-19 vaccine for use Wednesday, greenlighting the first shot backed up by rigorous scientific review. The first vaccinations are expected within days — a major step toward eventually ending the pandemic.

The head of Canada's transport regulator says the 11,000 complaints filed to the Canadian Transportation Agency since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic will not start to be processed until early next year.

OTTAWA — Provinces are criticizing the federal Liberals for failing to signal more help for health-care systems and strained provincial coffers in its new spending plans, setting up a potential showdown next week between the prime minister and premie

Juno and The Umbrella Academy star Ellen Page has come out as non-binary and transgender. The actor took to Instagram today (Dec. 1) to announce a new identity, Elliot Page.

OTTAWA — A new poll suggests most Canadians aren't currently worried that people in other countries might get a COVID-19 vaccine first.

A Squamish mom has won $1 million in the lottery from the Oct. 30 Lotto Max draw after buying the lucky ticket at a local store. “It’s been a bit of a roller-coaster ride,” said Ashleigh Preston. “It is so amazing to win.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are hanging on to several of their young players and continuing contract talks with two veterans.

Ottawa is rolling out a wave of new funding for pandemic-battered industries including tourism, the arts and regional aviation, with smaller companies top of mind — and large airlines notably absent.

Information disclosures and other billing issues continued to be at the root of most complaints, Canada's telecom ombudsman said Monday in its 2019-20 annual report which recorded a 19 per cent drop in complaints compared with a year earlier.