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The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 5, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:10 a.m. Quebec is reporting 2,508 new cases of COVID-19 today and 62 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus...
Jan 05, 2021

Georgia voters head to polls to determine balance of power on tense Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voters in Georgia have shattered turnout records as they decide who will hold the balance of power on Capitol Hill. Nearly 3.1 million people have already cast ballots in today's tw...
Jan 05, 2021

PG Senior thankful for community gift-giving program
.PRINCE GEORGE - The holiday season wasn't easy for many seniors as COVID-19 fuelled feelings of loneliness and isolation.For one PG senior living at the Gateway care facility, that's exactly what she...
Jan 05, 2021

Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
LOS ANGELES - Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monda...
Jan 05, 2021

Wind, rain, snowfall warnings posted as storm hammers most of coastal B.C.
VANCOUVER - Weather warnings cover most of coastal British Columbia and wind gusts topping 100 km/h are already lashing Haida Gwaii as the leading edge of a powerful storm hits the province. Wind warn...
Jan 05, 2021

Vancouver home sales surge 53.4 per cent, setting new record for December
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales were up 53.4 per cent in the final month of 2020 compared with December 2019, hitting a new record for the month. The board says ...
Jan 05, 2021

Nunavut NDP MP Mumilaaq Qaqqaq returns from leave after 'burnout, depression'
OTTAWA - Nunavut's sole MP says she is back on the job after several months away from work due to what she described as "extreme burnout, depression and anxiety." Mumilaaq Qaqqaq announced in late Oct...
Jan 05, 2021

Top left tackle Stanley Bryant signs one-year extension with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - Two-time CFL most outstanding lineman Stanley Bryant has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Bryant returns for his sixth season in Winnipeg after originally signing...
Jan 05, 2021

Protected areas may not safeguard all that Canadians need them to: research
The natural regions Canada protects don't line up that well with where Canadians actually need them, research suggests. A paper published Tuesday concludes that the country's vast network of parks isn...
Jan 05, 2021

Former head of China state asset firm sentenced to death
BEIJING - The former head of state-owned China Huarong Asset Management Co. Ltd. was sentenced to death Tuesday for bribe taking in one of the harshest punishments for economic crimes in recent years....
Jan 05, 2021