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Health agency has no Moderna doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule...
Feb 08, 2021
Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming
WASHINGTON - Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontie...
Feb 08, 2021
Mandatory hotel quarantines could harm lower-income Canadians: Lawyer
OTTAWA - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa's move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citi...
Feb 08, 2021
Backstrom, who won 6 Stanley Cups with Montreal, dies at 83
WINDSOR, Colo. - Ralph Backstrom, a six-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, college coach and founder of a minor-league team, died Sunday. He was 83. The Colorado Eagles announced the...
Feb 07, 2021
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 07, 2021
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 07, 2021
Raonic defeats Coria, Marino wins in first Grand Slam match since 2013 at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - A pair of Canadians are already off to a winning start at the Australian Open. Milos Raonic cruised to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Federico Coria in his opening rou...
Feb 07, 2021
Pelican named Arvy survives frostbite, sent to sanctuary
KILLINGWORTH, Conn. - A pelican that got blown off course and was rescued in chilly Connecticut has been flown to Florida, where he is recovering from pneumonia and frostbite. The brown pelican, nickn...
Feb 07, 2021
Brooks Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix Open, Conners finishes 17th
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Brooks Koepka chipped in from 32 yards for eagle on the 17th hole to break a tie for the lead and then parred the last for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Waste Management Phoen...
Feb 07, 2021
Two bodies found after children reported missing in western Quebec house fire
GATINEAU, Que. - Two bodies have been found after a fire tore through a home in western Quebec on Saturday night. Two children had been reported missing in the blaze, but a local police spokesman said...
Feb 07, 2021