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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:15:03 -0800
N.L.'s election is safe and U.A.E. spacecraft in Mars orbit: In The News for Feb. 10
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 10 ...What we are watching in Canada ...A Montreal cardiologist with a background in epidem...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:00:22 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,230 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,123,563 doses given. The provinces have administered doses ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:00:20 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021.There are 810,797 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 810,797 confirmed cases (39,179 active, 750,709 resolved, 20,909 deaths).*The total case count ...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:00:19 -0800
Defence of Alberta oil or attempt to silence dissent? Judge to hear inquiry challenge
CALGARY — A judge is to hear arguments this week over whether Alberta's public inquiry into the purported foreign funding of environmental charities is a valid defence of the province's ailing oil industry or an attempt to silence dissent. Court of...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 01:00:11 -0800
COVID-19 lockdowns limit access to national library and archive collections
OTTAWA — Researchers studying Canadian history have not been able to access Library and Archive Canada's collections during COVID-19 lockdowns — a situation that forced some to put off their research or revise it to use only materials available o...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:34:09 -0800
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the he...

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:34:09 -0800
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
JOHANNESBURG — South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19, particularly against the variant dominant there, the he...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 21:03:51 -0800
NTSB report: Pilot felt pressure to fly Kobe Bryant to game
LOS ANGELES — As helicopter pilot Ara Zobayan encountered a cloud bank and decided to try to climb out of it, he was likely worried about getting his star client, Kobe Bryant, his daughter and six others to a girls basketball tournament, federal sa...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:28:12 -0800
Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys’ performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the strategy and some called for yet another shakeup ...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:27:17 -0800
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia's highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences.Five of the seven High Court judges dismissed a constitutional challenge by convicted terrorist Abdu...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 18:58:00 -0800
An estimated 15,000 B.C. front-line workers still waiting for pandemic pay
As many as 15,000 front-line workers are still waiting for temporary pandemic pay top-ups of $4 an hour, promised by the B.C. government last spring.Health Minister Adrian Dix said 203,000 people have been paid and the Finance Ministry has informed h...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 18:29:29 -0800
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.There are 810,797 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 810,797 confirmed cases (39,179 active, 750,709 resolved, 20,909 deaths).*The total case count ...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 18:05:15 -0800
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2021.In Canada, the provinces are reporting 25,230 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,123,563 doses given. The provinces have administered doses...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 17:49:00 -0800
Health officials urge B.C. to keep up 'forward momentum' on COVID-19; 23 new Island cases
British Columbia health officials say progress is being made in the efforts to push back the COVID-19 virus and get to the days of fewer restrictions in the province. Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry say i...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 17:29:59 -0800
Confrontation sets off an exchange of gunfire in B.C. community on Kootenay Lake
CRESTON, B.C. — Mounties in British Columbia's southern Interior are investigating what they say was an exchange of gunfire in the tiny community of Crawford Bay, on Kootenay Lake. Officers were called to a home in the community late Monday to repo...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 17:19:56 -0800
B.C. health officials urge residents to keep up 'forward momentum' on COVID-19
VICTORIA — British Columbia health officials say progress is being made in the efforts to push back the COVID-19 virus and get to the days of fewer restrictions in the province.Health Minister Adrian Dix and provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Hen...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:57:00 -0800
CEO of a B.C. health authority leaves after report into alleged misspending
VICTORIA — The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that didn't meet provincial standards. Benoit Mo...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:53:18 -0800
Saskatchewan judge rules university must give professor oil and gas research info
REGINA — A judge has ruled that the University of Regina must provide information to one of its professors about who is funding research into the oil and gas industry."Ultimately, requiring that funding identity information be disclosed is in keepi...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:49:07 -0800
Royal B.C. Museum CEO Jack Lohman resigns, statement cites 'internal issues'
VICTORIA — The chief executive officer of the Royal B.C. Museum is resigning.The museum's board of directors says Jack Lohman will step down Friday after nine years as CEO.In a news release, the board says Lohman's departure was "mutually agreed" t...

Tue, 9 Feb 2021 16:30:12 -0800
Judge rejects request for injunction to pause new federal firearms prohibitions
OTTAWA — A judge has rejected a request from firearms owners to suspend a sweeping ban on many gun models while their full arguments against the prohibitions are considered by the court.In her ruling, Federal Court Associate Chief Justice Jocelyne ...



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