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Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:10 -0700
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Apr. 5, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday April 5, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 44,982 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,233,533 doses given. Nationwide, 719,100 people or 1.9 per ...

Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:06 -0700
Almost 2.2 million more vaccine doses coming this week as COVID-19 cases spike
OTTAWA — More than two million doses of vaccines are set to arrive in Canada this week as the country scrambles to contain the wildfire spread of more contagious variants of the COVID-19 virus.That includes the first batch of Oxford-AstraZeneca va...

Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:03 -0700
'This is torture:' Proposed law in Montana looms over Canadian on death row
RED DEER, Alta. — The fate of a Canadian man who has been on death row in Montana for 38 years could become more tenuous as the state gets closer to removing obstacles that prevent it from resuming executions.Ronald Smith, 63, is originally from Re...

Mon, 5 Apr 2021 01:00:00 -0700
Navy submarine suffered long-term damage to ballast tank from errant test: Report
OTTAWA — An internal Defence Department report has pulled back the curtain on the damage caused by an errant test on one of Canada’s four submarines last year, suggesting some of the damage is permanent and could continue to pose a risk over the ...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 19:28:23 -0700
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on April 4, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday April 4, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 44,982 new vaccinations administered for a total of 6,233,533 doses given. Nationwide, 719,100 people or 1.9 per...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 19:11:39 -0700
The cast of 'Trial of the Chicago 7' on their SAG Awards win
Instead of congregating on the stage of Los Angeles' Shrine Auditorium for their best-ensemble win at the Screen Actors Guild Awards, the cast of "The Trial of the Chicago 7" called in on Zoom.For a video conference, they make a starry bunch. Logging...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 14:46:00 -0700
B.C.'s public safety minister says consequences ahead for ignoring COVID-19 rules
VANCOUVER — Businesses putting staff and patrons at risk by remaining open in defiance of COVID-19 rules will face consequences, British Columbia's public safety minister said Sunday as the province works to bring surging infections under control...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 12:56:19 -0700
Keep your guard up, Tam urges Canadians as COVID-19 disrupts Easter for second year
Canada's chief public health officer urged everyone to keep their guards up amid a surge in more contagious variants of COVID-19, as the pandemic disrupted Easter celebrations for a second Canadians need to be careful since the more contagious varian...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 11:01:22 -0700
Former bank governor Mark Carney among featured speakers at Liberal convention
OTTAWA — Mark Carney, long touted as a potential Liberal leader one day, will be a keynote speaker at the federal party's convention later this week.It's a political coming out party of sorts for the former governor of the Bank of Canada and the Ba...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 08:19:32 -0700
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):4:30 p.m.Quebec says it is adding several cities in the Chaudiere-Appalaches region south of Quebec City to the list of municipalities on lockdown due to rising cases of COVID-19....

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 07:00:06 -0700
Guardians of Edehzhie: Protecting the land during the pandemic
There was a time last year when the guardians of Edehzhie would head out on the land in the Northwest Territories and worry what their communities might look like when they returned. That was when COVID-19 started to sweep across Canada, threatening ...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Pandemic Easter an opportunity to do good and embrace the positive: Father Rolf
On this Easter weekend, people don’t need a chapel or a temple or even faith to act with love and serve others, says Father Rolf Hasenack. This is the second spring that faith groups have not been able carry out traditional services and celebra...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0700
West Shore officers say they're also tied up with mental health-patients at hospital
View Royal is backing Victoria’s call to reinstate special constable status for hospital security guards. Mayor David Screech says West Shore RCMP share Victoria police’s concern that officers are spending too many hours at Victoria General H...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Art, piano, Rolls Royce, furniture from philanthropists' estate to be sold at auction
Colourful Ted Harrison paintings, jewelry, a black Steinway grand piano, 19th century silver from Paris, painted clay bowls signed Klee Wyck by Emily Carr and a shiny Rolls Royce are among hundreds of items from the estate of Shirley and Eric Charm...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Teacher ordered to pay $226,000 after sucker-punching security guard 13 years ago
A veteran Shawnigan Lake private school teacher has been ordered to pay $226,000 to a security guard he “sucker-punched” in a drunken assault more than 13 years ago, according to a Supreme Court ruling last week. In the civil ruling, teacher ...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 06:00:00 -0700
Jack Knox: It took time, but 9/11 survivor found peace
Easter, being about renewal, seems a good time to talk about Robin Lamprecht’s road back from 9/11. The Saanich man struggled for years to come to terms with the incongruities of that brilliant blue, horrible day, when so many perished so viole...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 04:45:01 -0700
12 dead, 4 missing after fishing boat sinks in eastern China
BEIJING — A Chinese fishing boat capsized and sank early Sunday off the coast of the eastern Zhejiang province, killing at least 12 people and leaving four missing, according to state media reports.Four of the 20 crew members were rescued alive, an...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 04:44:47 -0700
Hymns through masks: Christians mark another pandemic Easter
VATICAN CITY — Christianity’s most joyous feast day was celebrated worldwide with the faithful spaced apart in pews and singing choruses of "Hallelujah" through face coverings on a second Easter Sunday marked by pandemic precautions.From vast Rom...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 04:44:26 -0700
Jordan's king sends tough message on dissent in royal family
JERUSALEM — Jordanian authorities said Sunday they foiled a "malicious plot" by a former crown prince to destabilize the kingdom with foreign support, contradicting the senior royal's claims that he was being punished for speaking out against corru...

Sun, 4 Apr 2021 04:44:10 -0700
Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays
PARIS — The French city of Lyon's main stadium opened as a mass vaccination centre during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a ne...



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