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Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses ma...
Nov 09, 2021
Drone video at Rittenhouse murder trial shows first shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Tuesday watched drone video that showed Rittenhouse wheeling around and shooting Joseph Rosenbaum at close range during a night of turb...
Nov 09, 2021
Canada's women's basketball team opens camp in Toronto
TORONTO - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton headline the roster for this week's Canada's women's basketball camp, the team's first step toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. No coach has bee...
Nov 09, 2021
New Project for students with FASD
The Government of Alberta announced Monday the return of the Wellness Resiliency and Partnerships (WRaP) project to help students with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD).The province will be alloc...
Nov 09, 2021
O'Toole reveals his shadow cabinet, former leadership rival Leslyn Lewis not included
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is restoring popular MP Pierre Poilievre to his role as the party's finance critic today as he releases his new list of critics for the next Parliament. But O...
Nov 09, 2021
Sununu seeking 4th term as governor, won't challenge Hassan
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday he'll seek a fourth term and won't run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu won reelection last year by mor...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom
LONDON (AP) - South African author Damon Galgut has mixed feelings. This has been a great week for him, a good month for African writers - and a terrible year, he says, for his country, blighted by pa...
Nov 09, 2021
Shell to partially power Edmonton area refinery using solar farm by 2023
CALGARY - Shell Canada says its Scotford refinery near Edmonton will soon be partially powered by solar energy.U.S.-based renewable energy company Silicon Ranch, which is partially owned by Royal Dutc...
Nov 09, 2021