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Nova Scotia reports 165 new COVID-19 cases Sunday, active cases rise to 1,626

Nova Scotia health officials are reporting 165 new COVID-19 cases Sunday. This brings the province's total number of active cases to 1,626.

A swab is taken at a pop-up COVID-19 testing site on the Dalhousie University campus in Halifax on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Andrew Vaughan)

New Brunswick reports six new COVID-19 cases Sunday; releases exposure notifications

New Brunswick health officials are reporting six new COVID-19 cases Sunday, along with several exposure notifications.

FILE - Cole Smith receives a Moderna variant vaccine shot from clinical research nurse Tigisty Girmay at Emory University's Hope Clinic, on Wednesday afternoon, March 31, 2021, in Decatur, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray)

UN committee to consider racism complaint of N.S. Mi'kmaq fishers against Ottawa

A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.

Indigenous lobster boats head from the harbour in Saulnierville, N.S. on Wednesday, Oct. 21, 2020. (THE CANADIAN PRESS /Andrew Vaughan)

RCMP: 63-year-old New Minas woman dies after being hit by car in a crosswalk

The RCMP says a woman has died in hospital after being hit by a car, while in a crosswalk, in New Minas, N.S.

Nova Scotia's top doctor sparks meme with caution on non-essential shopping

Nova Scotia's top doctor has launched a social media meme with his comments imploring residents to cease shopping for non-essential items, including Birkenstock sandals offered at sale prices.

'People didn't really clue in,' says Nova Scotia's top doc about failure to take latest COVID-19 outbreak seriously

Nova Scotia's top doctor says there will be another high total of COVID-19 cases on Friday and it will continue for a few more days until we see the effect of the toughest restrictions that were put in place last week.

RCMP: Drugs, loaded guns seized after car 'narrowly avoids' head-on crash in downtown Moncton

New Brunswick police say they have seized drugs and guns after a car fled their attempted stop, almost crashing head-on into another.

'I think somebody has him': Grandmother of missing boy says in first interview since his disappearance

Without knowing where their son is, Dylan Ehler's parents did what they know he would love to do — launch little dissolvable boats marked with messages of hope and love, one year after he disappeared.

Another month learning at home for N.S. students

Thousands of Nova Scotia students, along with their parents and teachers, are now bracing for another month of online learning.

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One dead in shooting at Vancouver airport that shut down roads into Richmond, B.C.

Homicide detectives have been called to investigate after a man was shot and killed outside the main terminal at Vancouver International Airport in Richmond, B.C. Sunday afternoon.

The main terminal at Vancouver International Airport was behind police tape Sunday afternoon after a shooting. (CTV)

UN committee to consider racism complaint of N.S. Mi'kmaq fishers against Ottawa

A United Nations committee on racial discrimination is asking the federal government to respond to allegations it committed racist actions in its treatment of Mi'kmaq lobster fishers in Nova Scotia.

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New | One shot of COVID-19 vaccine better than none for pregnant Canadians, expert says

A fertility expert is urging pregnant Canadians to get the COVID-19 vaccine as soon as they are eligible, as they are at higher risk of severe disease.

Poll shows 60 per cent of Japanese want Olympic Games cancelled

Nearly 60 per cent of people in Japan want the Tokyo Olympics to be canceled, an opinion poll showed on Monday, less than three months before the Games are due to begin.

For a view of a COVID-19 future, Canadians should look across the pond

Britain, like Canada, is one of the only countries in the world to delay second doses for several months, so that more people can get protected from at least one dose faster. Now, after half the British population has had a single vaccine dose, new cases, hospitalizations and deaths are all down significantly.