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School disruption, 'long COVID,' all factors in choice to vaccinate young kids: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says safety data won't be the only factor public health officials and parents will have to consider when deciding whether or not to vaccinate young kids against COVID-19. ...
Sep 24, 2021

Spruce Kings open preseason schedule in Merritt
PRINCE GEORGE - Tonight, at the Nicola Valley Memorial Arena, the Prince George Spruce Kings take to the ice for their first pre-season game of 2021 as they head to the Thompson Okanagan to take on th...
Sep 24, 2021

Joshua weighs in much heavier than Usyk ahead of title fight
LONDON (AP) - Oleksandr Usyk is giving up 19 pounds (9 kilograms) on world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their fight on Saturday. Usyk, the challenger from Ukraine, tipped the scales at 221 ...
Sep 24, 2021

Olympian Phil Berna leads new-look Canadian men's rugby sevens team
Phil Berna took close to a month off after the Tokyo Olympics and then the competitive juices started flowing again. "I called myself back into training," said the 25-year-old from Vancouver. "The tim...
Sep 24, 2021

Source: Blue Jays' stadium capacity to rise to 30,000 starting next week
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will get a home-field advantage boost when they return to Rogers Centre next week. Seating capacity at the downtown stadium will be doubled to 30,000 starting with Tues...
Sep 24, 2021

Alberta's COVID crisis and calls for a new defence minister: In The News for Sept. 24
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 Sept. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 24, 2021

Italy to release detained Catalan leader sought by Spain
ROME (AP) - A judge in Sardinia will order jailed Catalan separatist leader Carles Puigdemont released from jail later on Friday ahead of a court decision on Spain's extradition request, Puigdemont's ...
Sep 24, 2021

Pope keeps German archbishop criticized over abuse scandal
BERLIN (AP) - Pope Francis has decided to leave in office a prominent German archbishop who has faced criticism for his handling of the church's sexual abuse scandal, but the cleric has decided to tak...
Sep 24, 2021

Huawei CFO's surprise court date in New York thickens plot in Meng Wanzhou saga
WASHINGTON - Meng Wanzhou is expected to dial in to a surprise court hearing today in New York, fuelling reports of a long-awaited breakthrough in the case of the Huawei Technologies executive. Meng, ...
Sep 24, 2021

Official says only 225 migrants remain in Texas border town
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - Only 225 migrants remained in a Texas border camp where almost 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants had gathered just days ago hoping to seek asylum, the top elected official in Val Ve...
Sep 24, 2021