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Health Canada extends expiry of thousands of AstraZeneca shots by an additional month
TORONTO - Health Canada says it is extending the expiry date for thousands of Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses by a month. The federal department says it made the decision to help use up exis...
May 29, 2021
Toronto FC says it plans talks over future of disgruntled striker Jozy Altidore
Toronto FC says it plans to use the international break to determine the future of disgruntled star striker Jozy Altidore with the club. News that the U.S. international was at odds with TFC emerged t...
May 29, 2021
Dancing like there's no COVID-19: Paris hosts test concert
PARIS (AP) - Thousands of people, masked and tested for the coronavirus, packed inside a Paris arena for a concert Saturday as part of a public health experiment to prepare France to host big events a...
May 29, 2021
Group: Spot where car hit 'School of Rock' actor is unsafe
CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago intersection where an actor who appeared in the movie "School of Rock" was killed while riding his bicycle was flagged three years ago by a traffic safety group as "notoriou...
May 29, 2021
Quebec reports 410COVID-19 cases following the first night without curfew.
Quebec is reporting 410 new cases of COVID-19 today following the first night without the long-standing curfew meant to curb virus spread. The provincial government lifted the nighttime curfew that ha...
May 29, 2021
Canada coach John Herdman picks squad for crucial CONACACF World Cup qualifiers
Coach John Herdman has chosen his troops for a crucial World Cup qualifying stretch in June that could see Canada advance to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying.With injuries, form and availability...
May 29, 2021
Saskatchewan expands second COVID vaccine dose eligibility
Effective at 8 a.m. Saturday the Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) is expanding access to second doses of COVID-19 vaccines.Anyone 70-years of age or older will be eligible to get their second shot....
May 29, 2021
Condemnation after U of R prof directs ‘racist comments’ at students
The University of Regina's president is denouncing what the school says were "racist comments" made by a faculty member toward students in the class.On Friday morning, the school tweeted a statement s...
May 29, 2021
P.E.I. senator looks to amend budget bill to deal with issue of EI zones on island
OTTAWA - A senator from Prince Edward Island is pushing for a change to the government's sweeping budget bill that she says would entrench an unfair situation on the island that the Trudeau Liberals h...
May 29, 2021
Work underway for forensics experts to identify and repatriate B.C. school remains
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Plans are being made to identify and return home the remains of more than 200 children found buried at the site of a former residential school in British Columbia's Interior, says a p...
May 29, 2021