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More provinces to start shots and hunt for virus origins: In The News for Dec. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 16 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 16, 2020
MAID litigant says disability doesn't make her vulnerable to pressure to end her life
OTTAWA - Nicole Gladu has no time for the argument that she's a vulnerable person who needs to be protected from being coerced into seeking a medically assisted death. The 75-year-old Quebecer uses a ...
Dec 16, 2020
Manitoba, three Atlantic provinces to start COVID-19 vaccinations
More provinces are planning to administer their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today. Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be getting the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. Nova Scotia, Prince E...
Dec 16, 2020
'Build it and they will come': Canada's public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....
Dec 16, 2020
Virus shuts many UK theatres but online the show goes on
LONDON - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium. The spectators are beyond the theatre walls, in ...
Dec 16, 2020
Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...
Dec 15, 2020
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...
Dec 15, 2020
CONCACAF Champions League win not enough to extend Montreal Impact's season
ORLANDO, Fla. - In a year stacked with adversity, a win wasn't quite enough for the Montreal Impact Tuesday night. The squad took a gritty 1-0 victory over Honduran club CD Olimpia in Orlando, where t...
Dec 15, 2020
CUPE 46 calling for greater communication from Mayor and Council
MEDICINE HAT, AB- The union representing hundreds of city employees here in Medicine Hat , is calling on the city for more communication from Mayor and council when it comes to the cuts and layoffs th...
Dec 15, 2020
WHL not able to meet January 8 target, season start delayed
CALGARY, AB - Medicine Hat Tigers fans will be waiting a little longer to see their team return to the ice.On Tuesday afternoon, the Western Hockey League announced they will be delaying the start of ...
Dec 15, 2020