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Grocery workers 18 and up in one B.C. region can register for vaccine
VICTORIA - Grocery workers aged 18 and up are now eligible to register for a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine in British Columbia's largest health region. Fraser Health says all workers, whether the...
May 06, 2021
WHL announces remaining Divisions to be determined by win percentage
CALGARY, AB - The Western Hockey League announced on Thursday (April 6) the procedure for the determination of final standings for the 2020-21 WHL Regular Season.As a result of Clubs playing an uneven...
May 06, 2021
OF Springer expected to miss more than 10 days, Jays GM says
TORONTO - Blue Jays outfielder George Springer is not expected to be ready to return to Toronto's lineup when his latest stint on the 10-day injured list ends May 13, general manager Ross Atkins said ...
May 06, 2021
No tickets, charges issued in Quebec for travellers violating hotel quarantine order
MONTREAL - Quebec's public prosecutions bureau says it hasn't issued tickets or filed criminal charges for violations of the national health order requiring travellers arriving in Canada to quarantine...
May 06, 2021
Police: Maldives Speaker Mohamed Nasheed injured in blast
MALE, Maldives - Maldives' first democratically elected president and current Parliament Speaker Mohamed Nasheed has been injured in a blast Thursday near his home and was being treated in a hospital ...
May 06, 2021
Board of Directors announced for 2022 BC Summer Games
PRINCE GEORGE - The Board of Directors for the 2022 BC Summer Games has taken shape.The City of Prince George's Nomination Committee for the Games, set to be held in Prince George, has officially appo...
May 06, 2021
Alberta eases security payment burden for oilsands companies
EDMONTON - Alberta is changing how it calculates the payments oilsands mines make to ensure there's enough money to clean up the mess they leave behind. The province says the decision is in reaction t...
May 06, 2021
Shooting at Idaho middle school injures 3; student captured
BOISE, Idaho - A shooting at an eastern Idaho middle school Thursday injured two students and a custodian, and a male student has been taken into custody, authorities said. The victims' injuries were ...
May 06, 2021
Coroner role after strep-throat death of Indigenous child before Ontario's top court
TORONTO - The failure of a coroner to fully investigate the death of a four-year-old Indigenous boy was part of a systemic dereliction of duty that ought to face legal scrutiny, Ontario's top court he...
May 06, 2021
NACI chair says advice not meant to give AstraZeneca recipients vaccine remorse
OTTAWA - The chair of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization says people who already got the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine should not feel they made a bad choice. Dr. Caroline Quach and the othe...
May 06, 2021