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Saskatchewan gives $4M to junior hockey after extending ban on team sports
REGINA - The Saskatchewan government is giving $4 million to help junior hockey leagues and teams that have had their play interrupted by provincial health restrictions. It says it will send $1 millio...
Jan 15, 2021
Trump to leave Washington on morning of Biden's inauguration
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump will leave Washington next Wednesday morning, ahead of President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, according to a person familiar with the planning who spoke on condi...
Jan 15, 2021
Feds: Capitol mob aimed to 'assassinate' elected officials
PHOENIX - The pro-Trump mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last week aimed to "capture and assassinate elected officials," federal prosecutors said in court documents. The remarks came in a motion pros...
Jan 15, 2021
Pfizer temporarily reduces European deliveries of vaccine
COPENHAGEN - U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer confirmed Friday it will temporarily reduce deliveries to Europe of its COVID-19 vaccine while it upgrades production capacity to 2 billion doses per ye...
Jan 15, 2021
Quebec to seek leave to appeal mosque shooter sentence at Supreme Court
Quebec says it will seek leave to appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada a lower court decision that reduced the sentence of convicted mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette. The province's highest court...
Jan 15, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada due to production issues
OTTAWA - Global supply issues are temporarily delaying Canada's vaccine shipment from Pfizer-BioNTech, but Procurement Minister Anita Anand says they will be made up with accelerated deliveries in Feb...
Jan 15, 2021
US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. industrial production rose 1.6% in December, a third straight monthly gain, but remains below its pre-pandemic level. The December gain in industrial output followed a 0.5% i...
Jan 15, 2021
Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
OTTAWA - Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, B...
Jan 15, 2021
Rejection letter ESDC sent to Black organizations 'completely unacceptable': Hussen
OTTAWA - Activist Velma Morgan says several Black organizations were denied federal funding through a program designed to help such groups build capacity - after the department told them their leaders...
Jan 15, 2021
Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise
BOSTON - A major memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization c...
Jan 15, 2021