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Ontario expedites COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care
Canada's largest province laid out its plan Wednesday to administer the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing and high-risk retirement homes by the middle of next month as it works to boos...
Jan 13, 2021
J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn out of Canucks' lineup due to COVID-19 protocols: reports
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver Canucks players are self isolating under the NHL's COVID-19 protocols, according to multiple media reports Coach Travis Green said defenceman Jordie Benn and forward J.T. Mil...
Jan 13, 2021
SAG Awards moves air date to avoid conflict with Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will not share the same air date as the Grammys after all. The SAG Awards announced Wednesday that the 27th annual ceremony has been moved to April 4. Both...
Jan 13, 2021
Canadian international Cyle Larin keeps scoring for Turkey's Besiktas
ISTANBUL - Canadian Cyle Larin showed off his rich vein of form Wednesday, scoring in the 85th minute as Besiktas downed Caykur Rizespor 1-0 to advance to the Turkish Cup quarterfinals.Oguzhan Ozyakup...
Jan 13, 2021
A chance to win: Nunavut community holds raffle for those getting COVID vaccinations
ARVIAT, Nunavut - The Nunavut community hit hardest by COVID-19 is offering cash prizes for people who get vaccinated. Arviat, a community of about 1,800 people on the western shore of Hudson Bay, had...
Jan 13, 2021
Small spending increase forecasted in oil and gas sector in 2021
CALGARY - A forecast calling for a modest increase in capital spending in the Canadian oilpatch this year after a tumultuous 2020 of budget slashing is being hailed as a sign of better times ahead for...
Jan 13, 2021
Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May
WASHINGTON - Five months after they were postponed because of the coronavirus, the annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming back in May, possibly in a series of small events, organizers announced Wedne...
Jan 13, 2021
Husband of Quebec doctor who took her own life shines light on pandemic burnout
MONTREAL - The husband of a Quebec emergency room doctor who took her own life this month wants to shine a light on the mental health toll endured by those on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. D...
Jan 13, 2021
Group concerned with potential gas developments in Milk River Natural Area
MILK RIVER, AB - An environmental protection group is speaking out as the Government of Alberta looks to auction off several pieces of land for petroleum-natural gas (PNG) development.The province pos...
Jan 13, 2021
Report shows more doctors registered in Alberta last year than in 2019
Alberta lost 32 physicians over the last few months of 2020, but overall there were 172 more doctors registered in the province than in 2019.The numbers are in a year-end report posted Wednesday by th...
Jan 13, 2021