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Trudeau says he too is frustrated by holiday travellers, pace of vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he shares the frustrations of Canadians with those who've chosen to travel abroad over the holiday season. Trudeau says changes are coming to a new federal ...
Jan 05, 2021
If 2020 was a watershed year for athlete activism, will the momentum continue in '21?
TORONTO - An athlete with a megaphone, fist raised in furious protest. Teammates kneeling, heads bowed, linked arm-in-arm. Political slogans - "Vote Warnock" - across the chest of warmup shirts. A pai...
Jan 05, 2021
COVID-19 outbreak declared at Stanley Mission
Public officials with the Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority are declaring a COVID-19 outbreak in Stanley Mission after a number of cases arose from private gatherings on Dec. 25 and Dec. 31. Heal...
Jan 05, 2021
US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018
WASHINGTON - American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector. The Institute f...
Jan 05, 2021
Quebec City long-term care employee in his 50s dies from COVID-19
MONTREAL - Health authorities in Quebec City say a worker at one of the first long-term care homes in the province to receive COVID-19 vaccines has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus...
Jan 05, 2021
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...
Jan 05, 2021
Canada to play for gold after downing Russia 5-0 in semifinals
EDMONTON - Canada will play for gold at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton after beating Russia 5-0 in semifinal action Monday. Alex Newhook returned from injury to put Canada on the boa...
Jan 05, 2021
Canadian troops test positive for COVID-19 in Latvia, Kuwait
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says Canadian troops deployed to Latvia have tested positive for COVID-19. The Defence Department isn't saying how many Canadian Armed Forces members have b...
Jan 05, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 5, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:10 a.m. Quebec is reporting 2,508 new cases of COVID-19 today and 62 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus...
Jan 05, 2021
VIDO-InterVac prepares for human trials with COVID-19 vaccine
It's the kind of start to a new year that researchers at Saskatoon's VIDO-InterVac were hoping for.CEO Volker Gerdts says they are days away from the first human testing with the COVID vaccine they've...
Jan 05, 2021