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The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Feb. 17, 2021
The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. New COVID-19 modelling in Quebec suggests a more contagious mutation of the novel coronavirus could be the do...
Feb 17, 2021
Former head of CCDA pleads guilty to accessing child porn
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The former head of the City Centre Development Agency has pleaded guilty to a charge of accessing child pornography.The guilty plea by Wayne Smith came yesterday, the day before the...
Feb 17, 2021
Kentucky storm holds up Canadian vaccine delivery as shipper hurries to catch up
OTTAWA - The "big lift" for Canada's COVID-19 vaccination efforts this week has been sideswiped by a big snowdrift. UPS temporarily closed its operations in Louisville, Ky., Monday because the city re...
Feb 17, 2021
Desmond inquiry: former soldier says it's a struggle to get medical records
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Access to health records figured prominently during hearings today at an inquiry investigating why a former Canadian soldier from Nova Scotia killed his family and himself in 2...
Feb 17, 2021
9,000 Alberta healthcare workers now eligible for COVID-19 vaccine
EDMONTON, AB- Last month, Alberta was forced to postpone first doses for more than 9,000 eligible health-care workers. However, those workers can now get the vaccine.Health Minister Tyler Shandro says...
Feb 17, 2021
Toronto Argonauts sign Canadian linebackers Cameron Judge, Paul Kozachuk to contracts
The Toronto Argonauts have signed Canadian linebackers Cameron Judge and Paul Kozachuk. Judge, 26, was the West Division's top Canadian last season after registering 61 tackles, 11 special-teams tackl...
Feb 17, 2021
Kentucky storm holds up Canadian vaccine delivery as shipper hurries to catch up
OTTAWA - The "big lift" for Canada's COVID-19 vaccination efforts this week has been sideswiped by a big snowdrift. UPS temporarily closed its operations in Louisville, Ky., Monday because the city re...
Feb 17, 2021
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal heading to trial on fraud charges in October
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office is slated for a trial later this year. Raj Grewal is scheduled to go before an Ontario judge in a...
Feb 17, 2021
European human rights court demands Russia release Navalny
MOSCOW - Europe's top human rights court has ordered Russia to release jailed opposition leader Alexei Navalny, a ruling that will be unlikely to soften the Kremlin's determination to isolate its most...
Feb 17, 2021
U.S. industrial production climbs 0.9% in January
WASHINGTON - American industry expanded for the fourth consecutive month in January, but it has yet to return to the level of activity that preceded the pandemic. U.S. industrial production - which in...
Feb 17, 2021