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Feds study data suggesting Pfizer vaccine may be almost as good after one dose as two
OTTAWA - Canada's deputy chief public health officer says federal and provincial health experts are looking at evidence that one shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 may be almost as g...
Feb 18, 2021
Texas outages below half-million but water crisis persists
AUSTIN, Texas - Power outages in Texas dropped below a half-million on Thursday morning for the first time in four days, but many people remained without electricity or safe drinking water after winte...
Feb 18, 2021
Homicide team called to Surrey, B.C., after assault leads to death of man
SURREY, B.C. - Homicide detectives are investigating the death of a man in Surrey, B.C. RCMP say they were called Wednesday night to a report of an assault at a home in the Panorama Ridge area of sout...
Feb 18, 2021
Paris Hilton reveals engagement to entrepreneur Carter Reum
LOS ANGELES - Paris Hilton received a special gift for her 40th birthday: an engagement. Hilton announced her engagement to entrepreneur Carter Reum in her social media post on Wednesday - the same da...
Feb 18, 2021
Spain: Dozens arrested in fresh riots over rapper's jailing
MADRID - More than 50 people were arrested and dozens injured during a second night of protests that turned violent in several Spanish cities. The protests were sparked by the imprisonment of a rapper...
Feb 18, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays to play first two homestands at spring training facility in Florida
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will begin the 2021 regular season playing home games in Dunedin, Fla., because of border restrictions as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. In a statement Thursday mor...
Feb 18, 2021
US home construction falls 6% in January but permits up
WASHINGTON - U.S. home construction fell 6% in January but applications for building permits, which typically signal activity ahead, rose sharply. Last month's decline pushed home and apartment constr...
Feb 18, 2021
NASA rover streaks toward a landing on Mars
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - A NASA rover streaked toward a landing on Mars on Thursday in the riskiest step yet in an epic quest to bring back rocks that could answer whether life ever existed on the red p...
Feb 18, 2021
Italy's 5-Stars divided over Draghi, expel 15 senators
ROME - Italy's 5-Star Movement said Thursday that 15 of its senators will be expelled from the party after they voted "no" in a confidence vote for Premier Mario Draghi's newly formed government. The ...
Feb 18, 2021
Teck Resources takes Fort Hills charge, reports Q4 loss
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. reported a loss in its fourth-quarter as the company took a hit related to its investment in the Fort Hills oilsands mine. The miner says its loss attributable to share...
Feb 18, 2021