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Quebec long-term care residents threaten legal action to get second vaccine dose
MONTREAL - Residents at a long-term care home in Montreal are threatening to sue the provincial government if they don't receive their second COVID-19 vaccine within 72 hours. A formal notice sent to ...
Jan 06, 2021
Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign No. 2 European draft pick Thiadric Hansen
German defensive lineman Thiadric Hansen has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Picked second overall in the league's CFL inaugural European draft, Hansen finished the 2019 sea...
Jan 06, 2021
Minister to reveal details on controversial COVID-19 testing rules for travellers
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Marc Garneau is expected to unveil more details today on COVID-19 testing requirements for passengers returning to Canada. Garneau announced last week that air travellers c...
Jan 06, 2021
Governors scramble to speed vaccine effort after slow start
New York's governor is threatening to fine hospitals that don't use their allotment of COVID-19 vaccine fast enough. His South Carolina counterpart says health care workers have until Jan. 15 to get a...
Jan 06, 2021
Trump backers flood downtown D.C. as Congress prepares to certify Joe Biden's victory
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Legions of Americans loyal to Donald Trump are gathering in the national capital as Congress prepares to slam the door on his presidency. Trump, refusing to acknowledge defeat, is r...
Jan 06, 2021
Some Orthodox Christians ignore COVID warnings on Epiphany
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Thousands of Orthodox Christian worshippers in Bulgaria on Wednesday ignored warnings issued by health authorities to abstain from mass gatherings due to the coronavirus pandemic and...
Jan 06, 2021
LeBron, Marquette, Bucks react to ruling in Kenosha shooting
LeBron James called a prosecutor's decision not to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in Wisconsin this summer a "blow to the heart and to the gut." Back in Wisconsin, th...
Jan 06, 2021
Former Liberal MP Raj Grewal has fraud case adjourned to February
OTTAWA - A former Liberal MP facing charges of fraud and breach of trust related to his time in office has had his case adjourned until next month. Lawyers for Raj Grewal and the Crown agreed during a...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S beats previously undefeated Canada 2-0, wins world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold.The U....
Jan 06, 2021
Neil Young becomes latest artist to sell stake in his songs
NEW YORK - Neil Young has become the latest musician to strike gold with his song catalogue, selling a 50 per cent stake in his music to a British investment company in a deal announced on Wednesday. ...
Jan 06, 2021