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WATCH: Hinshaw to give COVID-19 update
Coming up at 3:30 p.m.Chief medical officer of health Dr. Deena Hinshaw will provide an update on COVID-19.
Jan 21, 2021

Blue Jays sign pitcher Tyler Chatwood to one-year, $3-million deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed right-handed pitcher Tyler Chatwood to a one-year, US$3-million contract. The move, which had been reported earlier this week, adds another arm to the Blue ...
Jan 21, 2021

Delays to Canada's deliveries of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses keep getting worse
OTTAWA - The delivery slowdown of COVID-19 vaccine doses from Pfizer-BioNTech is going to be far worse than the companies first warned Canada last week. Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, overseeing the vaccine r...
Jan 21, 2021

First medical specialty clinic in southern Alberta opens in Medicine Hat
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat and area residents who require exercise stress testing, cardiology, general internal medicine, neurology, and respirology care are now able to access specialist appoint...
Jan 21, 2021

Saskatchewan sports broadcaster dies from COVID-19 complications
A well known Saskatchewan broadcaster has died due to complications from COVID-19.Warren Woods, a longtime Regina sports broadcaster was 66 years old. His death was confirmed by his family in a statem...
Jan 21, 2021

Biden halts oil and gas leases on US land, water for 60 days
BILLINGS, Mont. - The Biden administration announced Thursday the suspension of new oil and gas leasing and drilling permits for U.S. lands and waters for 60 days as part a broad review of programs at...
Jan 21, 2021

US government approves routes for Wyoming CO2 pipelines
CASPER, Wyo. - The U.S. government has approved routes for a system of pipelines that would move carbon dioxide across Wyoming in what could be by far the largest such network in North America, if it ...
Jan 21, 2021

Congress poised for quick action on Biden's Pentagon nominee
WASHINGTON - The Democratic-controlled House easily passed legislation required to confirm retired Gen. Lloyd Austin as President Joe Biden's secretary of defence, brushing aside concerns that his ret...
Jan 21, 2021

Judge: NY lawsuit seeking NRA's dissolution can go forward
NEW YORK - A New York judge on Thursday denied the National Rifle Association's bid to throw out a state lawsuit that seeks to put the powerful gun advocacy group out of business. Judge Joel Cohen's r...
Jan 21, 2021

StatCan hiring for Census 2021
Statistics Canada is looking for 32,000 Canadians to fill jobs across the country for the 2021 Census.Individuals are being hired to be part of this large-scale national project in communities both bi...
Jan 21, 2021