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Couple charged after travelling to Yukon to get COVID-19 vaccine
WHITEHORSE - A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine.Community Services Minister John Stre...
Jan 22, 2021
Thousands of Hong Kongers locked down to contain coronavirus
HONG KONG - Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. Hong Kong has been grappling to contain a...
Jan 22, 2021
Canada's Nick Taylor in the mix at PGA's The American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor shot a second round of 6-under 66 Friday to put him in the mix at the PGA's The American Express. Taylor, from Abbotsford, B.C., was in second place among Frid...
Jan 22, 2021
Biden orders review of domestic violent extremism threat
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has directed law enforcement and intelligence officials in his administration to study the threat of domestic violent extremism in the United States, an undertaking be...
Jan 22, 2021
New entrepreneurial training program set to launch
Community Futures Centra Alberta, in partnership with the Central Alberta Regional Innovation Network (CARIN), is launching a new program for entrepreneurs in the community to provide residents with a...
Jan 22, 2021
Dabrowski plans to 'wing it' with new partner as hard 14-day quarantine limits plans
Gabriela Dabrowski's original plan for the Australian swing was to practise with her new doubles partner and get some training in during a two-week quarantine period in Melbourne. A hard hotel room lo...
Jan 22, 2021
'Baba Yaga' introduces with a virtual reality movie premiere
Last week Daisy Ridley and Jennifer Hudson went to a movie premiere together. They posed for photos and made remarks from a stage while an audience watched quietly. Or, more accurately, their avatars ...
Jan 22, 2021
Forge FC-Toronto FC Canadian Championship final to be played before April 6
While an exact date for the Canadian Championship final between Toronto FC and Forge FC has yet to be determined, the teams now have a deadline to meet for the matchup. CONCACAF confirmed Friday that ...
Jan 22, 2021
Winnipeg Jets forwards Patrik Laine, Nate Thompson head to injured reserve
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed forwards Patrik Laine and Nate Thompson on injured reserve.Laine has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury.The second overall pick in the 2016 ...
Jan 22, 2021
Penny Oleksiak, Kylie Masse among six swimmers named early to Canadian Olympic team
Strange times in sport create unorthodox decisions. The COVID-19 pandemic interrupting training and decimating the competition calendar led Swimming Canada to invoke the unforeseen circumstances claus...
Jan 22, 2021