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Gould says COVAX clearly working, as vaccine-sharing program reaches 100 countries
OTTAWA - The international vaccine-sharing program known as COVAX says it has reached 100 countries with vaccines as of today but many of the world's poorest nations have still not been able to receiv...
Apr 08, 2021
Alberta meat plant, site of COVID-19 outbreak last year, to get vaccination clinics
HIGH RIVER, Alta. - Alberta Health Services says plans are underway to set up COVID-19 vaccination clinics at a meat-packing plant that was the site of a major outbreak last year.Nearly half of the 2,...
Apr 08, 2021
Ottawa Aces put out call for Canadian talent to help fill rugby league roster
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Aces are looking for Canadian talent. The fledgling rugby league club, slated to begin play in 2022 in England's third tier and the new North American Rugby League, has announced p...
Apr 08, 2021
Bloc asks Ottawa to support logging, fledgling biofuels sector
OTTAWA - Bloc Qubcois Leader Yves-Franois Blanchet is calling on the federal government to recharge Quebec's forestry sector with an eye to its energy potential. The Bloc is laying out a slate of prop...
Apr 08, 2021
Two Canadian riders forced to drop out of Basque race after crashes
TORONTO - Canadian rider Michael Woods withdrew from the Itzulia Basque Country race Thursday in the wake of a crash near the end of Stage 3. Woods' team, Israel Start-Up Nation, said the 34-year-old ...
Apr 08, 2021
2 new airlines await Americans looking to fly somewhere
Americans are travelling in the greatest numbers in more than a year, and soon they will have two new leisure-oriented airlines to consider for those trips. Both hope to draw passengers by filling in ...
Apr 08, 2021
Montreal police arrest suspect after woman of Asian origin threatened on city's metro
Montreal police say they've arrested a man who allegedly made death threats to a woman of Asian origin on the city's subway system.Police say the victim was in a metro car on March 27 when the suspect...
Apr 08, 2021
Doctors group says changing rules causes confusion as COVID-19 variants surge
As Ontario brings back stay-at-home orders to deal with surging cases of COVID-19, the Canadian Medical Association says continually changing rules have contributed to confusion and relaxed adherence....
Apr 08, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, April 8, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 10:40 a.m. Ontario reports 3,295 new cases of COVID-19 and 19 more deaths linked to the virus. Health Minister Christine Elliott...
Apr 08, 2021
Number of kids alone at border hits all-time high in March
WASHINGTON - The U.S. government picked up nearly 19,000 children travelling alone across the Mexican border in March, authorities said Thursday, the largest monthly number ever recorded and a major t...
Apr 08, 2021