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Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:35 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 8, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 8, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 11,885 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,076,130 doses given. The provinces have administered doses at...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:34 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. ET on Monday Feb. 8, 2021.There are 804,260 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 804,260 confirmed cases (44,727 active, 738,766 resolved, 20,767 deaths).*The total case count in...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:32 -0800
Health agency has no Moderna doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule.The agency says 70,200 Pfizer doses are forecas...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:29 -0800
Mandatory hotel quarantines could harm lower-income Canadians: Lawyer
OTTAWA — The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa's move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citizens' mobility rights.Cara Zwibel, a lawyer who ...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:17 -0800
Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming
WASHINGTON — Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontier for reaching young voters. And a Canadian comp...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:15 -0800
Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER — COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say.Amy Go, the president of the Chinese Canadian National Council f...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 01:00:11 -0800
'A blessing:' Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco finds way back on the ice during COVID-19
AIRDRIE, Alta. — Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice.The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer blew through a stop sign and into his team's bus thr...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 21:59:27 -0800
Bystanders help man escape burning cabin in Oyster River
Firefighters will return to the scene of a large blaze on Salmon Point Road in Oyster River on Monday to start an investigation into a fire that nearly cost one man his life.Bruce Green, chief of the Oyster River Volunteer Fire Rescue Association, sa...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 19:38:13 -0800
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. — Tom Brady made the Buccaneers, their fans and their city believe from the moment he arrived in Tampa Bay.With help from old friend Rob Gronkowski and a ferocious defence, Brady and the Buccaneers are Super Bowl champions.Brady threw t...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 19:37:51 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 7, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 11,885 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,076,130 doses given. The provinces have administered doses a...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 16:58:04 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sunday, Feb. 7, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Sunday Feb. 7, 2021.There are 804,260 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 804,260 confirmed cases (44,727 active, 738,766 resolved, 20,767 deaths).*The total case count in...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 15:39:29 -0800
Two bodies found after children reported missing in western Quebec house fire
GATINEAU, Que. — Two bodies have been found after a fire tore through a home in western Quebec on Saturday night.Two children had been reported missing in the blaze, but a local police spokesman said today that an autopsy will be needed to confirm ...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 14:31:00 -0800
Workers test positive for COVID-19 at Victoria Shoppers Drug Mart, Campbell River Superstore
Two Vancouver Island Loblaws employees, including one in Victoria, have tested positive for COVID-19. According to Loblaws, an employee at the Shoppers Drug Mart at 1222 Douglas St. tested positive on a presumptive test for the virus on Feb. 5. T...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 13:03:31 -0800
Quebec passes 10,000 COVID-19 deaths as Ontario reports case of Brazil variant
Canada hit more unwanted firsts in its battle against the COVID-19 pandemic on Sunday, as Quebec became the first province to surpass 10,000 deaths and Toronto reported Ontario's first case of a variant first identified in Brazil.The news came on the...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 13:03:03 -0800
Dubois sprung from quarantine, practises for first time with Winnipeg Jets
WINNIPEG — After a long couple of weeks, Pierre-Luc Dubois finally stepped on the ice with the Winnipeg Jets.The 22-year-old, was acquired from Columbus on Jan. 23, but had to quarantine for two weeks amid Manitoba's COVID-19 travel regulations, pr...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:51:01 -0800
B.C. bracing for a cold week as Arctic air moves south: Environment Canada
VANCOUVER — Environment Canada is warning of extreme cold across swaths of northern B.C., while more snow is expected in the southern Interior as Arctic air moves through the province.The weather agency says the cold air will settle in Monday and p...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 12:22:27 -0800
Pelican named Arvy survives frostbite, sent to sanctuary
KILLINGWORTH, Conn. — A pelican that got blown off course and was rescued in chilly Connecticut has been flown to Florida, where he is recovering from pneumonia and frostbite.The brown pelican, nicknamed Arvy, was rescued from the icy Connecticut R...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 11:20:34 -0800
Three Saudi youths get prison sentence instead of death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Three young Saudi men who faced death sentences for acts they were accused of committing as minors have been handed a 10-year prison sentence instead, the Saudi Human Rights Commission said.Ali al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marho...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 11:20:34 -0800
Three Saudi youths get prison sentence instead of death
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Three young Saudi men who faced death sentences for acts they were accused of committing as minors have been handed a 10-year prison sentence instead, the Saudi Human Rights Commission said.Ali al-Nimr, Dawood al-Marho...

Sun, 7 Feb 2021 10:27:59 -0800
N.L. Roman Catholic parishioners told Mount Cashel resolution to mean 'sacrifice'
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Roman Catholic parishes in St. John's were informed Sunday the resolution of claims by victims of abuse at the Mount Cashel orphanage will mean "changes and sacrifices" to deal with the financial fallout. The Supreme Court of Can...



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