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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Iceland's 'COVID-19 passport' offers preview of debate over post-vaccine travel
Iceland has begun issuing certificates allowing travel for those vaccinated against COVID-19 — raising possibilities and questions for travel-hungry Canadians in the North.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Study offers 'promising' evidence that at least 1 COVID-19 vaccine may curb virus transmission
New research out of Israel offers early clues that at least one coronavirus vaccine may lead to lower viral loads, suggesting it might be harder for someone to spread the virus if they get infected po...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
How a Canadian invention is keeping surgical skills sharp while COVID-19 idles many ORs
Canadian team's virtual reality trainer allows medical students and surgeons to hone their craft by donning goggles and using simulated scalpels, surgical drills and other tools to practice different ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Retirement home manager suspended amid accusations his wife got vaccine instead of front-line worker
An Ottawa retirement home manager has been suspended after accusations that he allowed his wife to receive a dose of the COVID-19 vaccine intended for a front-line worker.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
GM's electric vehicle plan could shake up the energy sector — but how soon?
GM's aim to be nearly all electric by 2035 has been called an "aggressive" goal. But regardless of how realistic it is, it's a big statement about where a leading automaker sees the future. ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Why Conservatives can't turn their backs on their western base
The Conservatives need to win over voters in central and Eastern Canada to win the next election — but that doesn't mean they can afford to ignore their base in the West.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Pandemic optimism and bubble warnings leave investors wondering who to trust
Rational exuberance that COVID-19 could be slowly headed for defeat and a promise of low interest rates cannot dispel the worries of some analysts about an eventual reckoning as asset prices soar, Don...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:48:43 EST
Defence committee launches parliamentary probe into Vance misconduct allegations
Federal Conservatives led the charge Tuesday for a House of Commons committee investigation into what the Liberal government did — and did not do — after being confronted almost three years ago w...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:33:26 EST
Health authority CEO fired after report released into alleged misspending
The CEO of a B.C. health agency has been dismissed on the same day a report was released into alleged misspending under his watch.

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 12:51:04 EST
Quebec launches investigation into wrongful arrest by Montreal police
The Quebec government has announced it will hold an investigation into the wrongful arrest of Mamadi III Fara Camara, in the face of questions about the conduct of Montreal police.

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 22:35:00 EST
Conservatives to shuffle critic roles with Poilievre leaving Finance: sources
He has been the most high-profile face among the Conservative Party's front bench critics — needling Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and her predecessor, Bill Morneau, about the state of the...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 05:00:00 EST
Father spent two days on floor after fall says family suing N.S. home-care company
A Nova Scotia family suing a home-care company for missing two scheduled visits with their father say they were shocked to learn the company says the man's adult children are partially to blame for w...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 21:33:59 EST
Two of Premier Kenney's caucus members join coalition fighting public health restrictions
Two members of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney's caucus are challenging the province's COVID-19 economic restrictions and have joined a national coalition pushing against public health restrictions. ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:00:00 EST
Few resources for COVID-19 long-haulers suffering symptoms for months, new app offers hope
Dr. Sonny Kohli, a practicing physician at Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital and assistant professor of medicine at McMaster University, says a mobile app produced in part by a company he co-founde...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 15:14:02 EST
State actors have done 'significant harm' to Canadian companies, says head of spy agency
The head of Canada’s spy agency said today Canadian companies in almost all sectors of the economy have been targeted by hostile foreign actors — and named Russia and China as two of his main sou...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 11:11:24 EST
Air Canada cuts 1,500 more jobs and cancels 17 more routes
Canada's biggest airline has informed 1,500 of its workers that they'll soon be out of jobs as a result of new coronavirus-related travel restrictions and a dramatic reduction in demand for flying. ...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 12:43:08 EST
In Quebec, friends come together to throw 'dream wedding' for terminal cancer patient
Nanny Gallant and Dany Pilote were married in a small ceremony in Saint-Gilles, south of Quebec City, on Sunday. The wedding was organized for the couple in five days, using a donated dress, decoratio...

Mon, 8 Feb 2021 14:58:57 EST
B.C. woman dies in extreme cold trying to get home from next-door neighbour's
RCMP say the woman left her neighbour's house in Dawson Creek, B.C., where she had been drinking alcohol, early Sunday morning, when temperatures fell below -40 C.

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 13:46:09 EST
Bell cancels all-sports radio format on channels in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hamilton
Bell is cancelling its all-sports format on radio stations in Vancouver, Winnipeg and Hamilton, barely a week after announcing hundreds of job cuts at media properties across Canada.

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 05:13:46 EST
Christian brother continued abusing boys after Mount Cashel coverup, B.C. lawsuit alleges
A British Columbia man says a Catholic school teacher abused him in 1981, six years after the man was shuffled out of Newfoundland for molesting children at the Mount Cashel Orphanage.



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