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COVID-19 outbreak confirmed at Grande Prairie Costco
An outbreak of COVID-19 has been confirmed at the Grande Prairie Costco.According to Alberta Health, 11 total cases of COVID-19 have been identified. Five cases are currently active and six people hav...
Apr 30, 2021

Plans to distribute first doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine on hold
OTTAWA - Plans to distribute the first 300,000 doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine next week are on hold after Health Canada learned part of them were manufactured at a Maryland facili...
Apr 30, 2021

Prosecutors seek higher sentence for Chauvin in Floyd death
MINNEAPOLIS - Prosecutors are asking a judge to give Derek Chauvin a more severe penalty than state guidelines call for when he is sentenced in June for George Floyd's death, arguing in court document...
Apr 30, 2021

Toronto FC loans Canadian midfielder Liam Fraser to Columbus Crew SC
Toronto FC has loaned Canadian midfielder Liam Fraser to Columbus Crew SC for the rest of the MLS season.The 23-year-old homegrown player has seen limited playing time of late, making two substitute a...
Apr 30, 2021

In major decision, Grammys cut nomination review committees
NEW YORK - The Grammy Awards have changed its tune and voted to remove its nomination review committees - groups that determined the contenders for key awards at the coveted music show. The Recording ...
Apr 30, 2021

Heritage committee won't reverse change to Bill C-10 despite public outcry
OTTAWA - Liberal and opposition members of Parliament split along party lines Friday while discussing the public outcry sparked by the adoption of a new amendment to Bill C-10.The bill sponsored by He...
Apr 30, 2021

Flight cancellations to India delay shipment of man's body from British Columbia
VANCOUVER - The body of a man that was supposed to be flown home to India from British Columbia just before the federal government stopped flights is now in limbo as his family scrambles to get the re...
Apr 30, 2021

Auschwitz inmates' families oppose ex-PM on museum council
WARSAW, Poland - Relatives of former Auschwitz prisoners from Poland are protesting the appointment of a top member of the country's right-wing ruling party to an advisory council at the state-run Aus...
Apr 30, 2021

Hold on! 240-pound fish, age 100, caught in Detroit River
DETROIT - Now that's a whopper - a very old whopper! A 240-pound (108.8 kilograms) sturgeon that could be more than 100 years old was caught last week in the Detroit River by the U.S. Fish and Wildlif...
Apr 30, 2021

Pope enables Vatican prosecutions of cardinals, bishops
ROME - Pope Francis has sent another message to Vatican-based cardinals and bishops that he intends to hold them accountable for criminal misconduct: He removed the procedural obstacles that had spare...
Apr 30, 2021