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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, April 21, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, April 21, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 314,399 new vaccinations administered for a total of 10,7...
Apr 21, 2021
Emergency parliamentary debate on pandemic devolves into partisan finger-pointing
OTTAWA - An emergency parliamentary debate that was supposed to be a forum for cross-party collaboration on better ways to combat the COVID-19 pandemic has devolved into another round of partisan fing...
Apr 21, 2021
All three Canadian MLS teams have got first round of COVID-19 vaccinations
SANDY, Utah - All three Canadian MLS teams have got their first shots of the COVID-19 vaccine. The Vancouver Whitecaps, who have set up shop at Real Salt Lake's Utah home due to pandemic-related borde...
Apr 21, 2021
Prince fans pay respects at Paisley Park 5 years after death
CHANHASSEN, Minn. - Paisley Park, where Prince lived and worked, welcomed back select fans Wednesday to mark the fifth anniversary of his death from inside his creative sanctuary. Some wore custom Pri...
Apr 21, 2021
Saskatoon’s VIDO-InterVac receives $59.2M in federal funding
Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac is another step closer to becoming Canada's Centre for Pandemic Research with the $59.2 million announced for the facility in the federal budget.After months of wondering whe...
Apr 21, 2021
Saving lives will take more than vaccines, says infectious disease expert
The Saskatchewan government has long said that vaccines are the only way out of the COVID-19 pandemic and that public health measures are merely a stopgap.However, an infectious disease expert disagre...
Apr 21, 2021
Parks Canada conducting prescribed burn in P.A. National Park
No need for alarm if local residents notice smoke coming from the south west corner of Prince Albert National Park. Parks Canada is currently conducting a prescribed fire at the park with potentially ...
Apr 21, 2021
Paper Excellence announces new scholarships; further signal of commitment to P.A.
Pulp and paper company Paper Excellence - which owns the currently shuttered mill in Prince Albert - has announced the creation of new scholarships. These are for Mtis students who live in the communi...
Apr 21, 2021
B.C. police say they take 'exception' to conducting roadblocks limiting travel
British Columbia's solicitor general says the government will release details of what is considered essential travel later in the week as the province considers using roadblocks to limit the spread of...
Apr 21, 2021
Former B.C. university rowing coach 'deeply sorry' after complaints
VICTORIA - The former head coach of women's rowing at the University of Victoria says he was and remains "deeply sorry" to learn of the impact his leadership had on several ex-team members who filed c...
Apr 21, 2021