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2 detectives involved in Breonna Taylor raid are fired
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Louisville has hired Atlanta's former chief to lead its police department after months of unrest over the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, and fired two more officers involved in th...
Jan 06, 2021

The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 6, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11:20 a.m. Residents of Iqaluit's elders centre received the territory's first doses of the Moderna vaccine today.Josephee Adams,...
Jan 06, 2021

Southern Ontario First Nation chief hails funding to end 12-year water advisories
OTTAWA - The chief of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte First Nation says new funding from the federal government will allow his nation to lift five long-term drinking water advisories. Chief R. Donald...
Jan 06, 2021

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

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

Conditions easing, ferry travel resumes after wind, rain batter B.C. coast
VANCOUVER - Wind and rain warnings have been lifted from coastal British Columbia following a powerful storm that hammered Haida Gwaii, Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast and cancelled sailings o...
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