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First shipments of COVID-19 vaccine arriving today, with more en route Monday
MONTREAL - The first shipments of the COVID-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in Canada later today.The Public Health Agency of Canada says some of the 30,000 initial doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccin...
Dec 13, 2020
Shock win for No. 41 starter Cater in World Cup downhill
VAL D'ISERE, France - Long after most broadcasters had switched to other programs, unheralded No. 41 starter Martin Cater won the first downhill of the World Cup season on Sunday. The television netwo...
Dec 13, 2020
Chinese capsule with moon rocks begins return to Earth
BEIJING - A Chinese space capsule bringing back the first moon rocks in more than four decades has begun its return to Earth. The Chang'e 5 lunar probe left the moon's orbit on Sunday morning by activ...
Dec 13, 2020
Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 s...
Dec 13, 2020
Individual extracted from vehicle after it went over embankment near Halcourt
One person had to be pulled from a vehicle late Friday night after it went over an embankment in the Red Willow river valley near Halcourt. Crews from Beaverlodge, Wembley and the Dunes fire stations ...
Dec 13, 2020
Some older Canadians opt to take their chances, winter in Florida despite pandemic
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Now that they're safely back in Florida, Rose and Perry Cohen are looking forward to one of the joys of retirement: an extended lunch with friends. Extended, at least, in the 2020 s...
Dec 13, 2020
Twenty-five years after Rwanda, where is Canada on peacekeeping?
OTTAWA - When now-retired major-general Guy Tousignant handed over command of the United Nations peacekeeping mission in Rwanda 1995, Canada had been involved in virtually every UN mission over the pr...
Dec 13, 2020
Prairie Mall to remain operating as normal despite new COVID-19 restrictions
As new COVID-19 restrictions come into place across Alberta, the Prairie Mall in Grande Prairie says it won't be impacted too much. The new restrictions issued by the Government of Alberta will make i...
Dec 13, 2020
New COVID-19 restrictions now in effect across Alberta
As of December 13, the Province of Alberta has implemented new COVID-19 restrictions for the entire province.The following restrictions will be in effect for a minimum of four weeks:All casinos and gy...
Dec 13, 2020
Silent nights: Germany tightens lockdown over festive period
BERLIN - Most stores shut, tight limits on social contacts, no singing in church and a ban on fireworks sales: Germany is ratcheting up its pandemic restrictions in an effort to cut the stubbornly hig...
Dec 13, 2020