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Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials
PHOENIX - The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents. The remarks came in a motion pros...
Jan 15, 2021

Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine
COPENHAGEN - U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion doses per ye...
Jan 15, 2021

Quebec to seek leave to appeal mosque shooter sentence at Supreme Court
Quebec says it will seek leave to appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada a lower court decision that reduced the sentence of convicted mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The province's highest court...
Jan 15, 2021

Alberta making new businesses eligible for relaunch grant
The Alberta government says it is expanding its relaunch grant in a bid to ensure new businesses have access to the supports they need.Alberta government is expanding the Small and Medium Enterprise R...
Jan 15, 2021

Pfizer-BioNTech cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada due to production issues
OTTAWA - Global supply issues are temporarily delaying Canada's vaccine shipment from Pfizer-BioNTech, but Procurement Minister Anita Anand says they will be made up with accelerated deliveries in Feb...
Jan 15, 2021

Procurement minister says Canada will experience delay in getting Pfizer vaccine
Procurement Minister Anita Anand says production issues in Europe will temporarily reduce Pfizer-BioNTech's ability to deliver vaccines to Canada.Anand says the U.S. drug-maker is temporarily reducing...
Jan 15, 2021

US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. industrial production rose 1.6% in December, a third straight monthly gain, but remains below its pre-pandemic level. The December gain in industrial output followed a 0.5% i...
Jan 15, 2021

Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
OTTAWA - Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, B...
Jan 15, 2021

Rejection letter ESDC sent to Black organizations 'completely unacceptable': Hussen
OTTAWA - Activist Velma Morgan says several Black organizations were denied federal funding through a program designed to help such groups build capacity - after the department told them their leaders...
Jan 15, 2021

Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise
BOSTON - A major memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization c...
Jan 15, 2021