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Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:00:05 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Jan. 17, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Jan. 17, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 35,604 new vaccinations administered for a total of 543,291 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at ...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:00:05 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Sunday Jan. 17, 2021.There are 702,183 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 702,183 confirmed cases (76,234 active, 608,084 resolved, 17,865 deaths).*The total case count i...

Sun, 17 Jan 2021 01:00:02 -0800
Care home staff struggle to isolate dementia patients during outbreaks: experts
VANCOUVER — Staff in long-term care homes across Canada are struggling to isolate elderly residents with dementia during COVID-19 outbreaks, accelerating the deadly spread of the virus, experts say.These vulnerable residents have a tendency to wand...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 19:50:13 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Jan. 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Jan. 16, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 35,604 new vaccinations administered for a total of 543,291 doses given. The provinces have administered doses ...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:42:00 -0800
Driver arrested after minivan rams police cruiser, then hits retaining wall
A driver who police said rammed his minivan into the front of an occupied police car then sped off, only to lose control and hit a retaining wall, is in police custody. A preliminary investigation suggests the man intentionally backed rapidly int...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 16:32:57 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Jan. 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Saturday Jan. 16, 2021.There are 702,183 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 702,183 confirmed cases (76,234 active, 608,084 resolved, 17,865 deaths).*The total case count...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 13:21:00 -0800
B.C. travel ban will harm struggling tourism sector, says industry coalition
A coalition of British Columbia tourism industry groups is urging the province against considering a domestic travel ban, saying restricting travel between provinces to fight COVID-19 would only further harm the sector. The B.C. government should...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 12:04:20 -0800
Far-right personality 'Baked Alaska' arrested in riot probe
WASHINGTON — Far-right media personality Tim Gionet, who calls himself "Baked Alaska," has been arrested by the FBI for his involvement in the riot at the U.S. Capitol, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.Gionet was arrested by fed...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 12:02:28 -0800
Canada surpasses 700,000 confirmed COVID-19 cases as provinces revisit vaccine plans
Canada's procurement minister urged drugmaker Pfizer-BioNTech to get the country's COVID-19 vaccine delivery schedule back on track as soon as possible as cases of the novel coronavirus surged past the 700,000 mark on Saturday. The country hit the mi...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 10:43:04 -0800
Blue Bombers sign defensive back Josh Johnson to one-year extension
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed defensive back Josh Johnson on a one-year contract extension.The four-year CFL veteran originally signed with Winnipeg in February 2020.Johnson has appeared 64 career regular-season games – includi...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:24:58 -0800
Winnipeg Jets cancel practice due to possible COVID-19 exposure
WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have cancelled their practice today due to a potential exposure to COVID-19.The NHL team did not provide further details and said information regarding their schedule for Sunday will come at a later time.The Jets are sc...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 08:24:26 -0800
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):6:45 p.m.Canada's national COVID-19 case count has surpassed 700,000.Seven provinces recorded more than 6,400 new infections today, pushing the country's tally above 702,000 since...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 07:00:02 -0800
'It was joyous:' Sun returns to some Nunavut communities for first time in weeks
IQALUIT — A sliver of orange rose over Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, earlier this week, tinting the sky pink and the snow a purple hue.The sun washed over the frozen tundra and sparkling sea ice for an hour — and was gone. Monday marked the return of t...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800
Pandemic sends YYJ into tailspin
Only six flights are expected to arrive and depart over a 12-hour period today at Victoria International Airport. Four other scheduled flights were cancelled, likely because of low passenger counts that wouldn’t even cover the costs of starting a...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800
Vaccines delayed in schools as public health focuses on COVID-19 shots
School-based vaccination programs operated by Island Health on the south Island are being delayed as public health nurses focus on delivering COVID-19 vaccines. “Some school-based immunization opportunities previously scheduled for January and ...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800
Death of Langford teen spurs calls for barriers along Goldstream Trestle
It was only after his sister died by suicide there in July that Vincent Gornall made the hike up to the Goldstream Trestle to stand where she last stood. Looking at the disused rail line and the Niagara Creek Canyon below, Gornall wondered why ba...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800
‘Rad Santa’ fixes up skateboards to share with kids in Vic West
It all started 200 skateboards ago, back in 2013, when Jake Warren happened to see a youth at a bus stop with a skateboard in very bad condition. After chatting with him about it, he offered to give the youth a better board. That led to the creat...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 06:00:00 -0800
Jack Knox: Lochside outhouse is back, but bigger question remains: Who pays for public loos?
The Lochside porta potty is back, and trail users are relieved, as it were. Sunday, I wrote about a minor brouhaha over a portable toilet that had been removed from the roadside south of Michell’s Farm Market in Central Saanich. The fuss came...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 04:44:24 -0800
Uganda says president wins 6th term as vote-rigging alleged
KAMPALA, Uganda — Uganda’s electoral commission said Saturday that President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, while top opposition challenger Bobi Wine dismissed "cooked-up, fraudulent results" and o...

Sat, 16 Jan 2021 03:52:56 -0800
Germany: Merkel's party elects pragmatic Laschet as leader
BERLIN — Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party chose Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader Saturday. The choice sent a signal of continuity months before an election in which voters wi...



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