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If 2020 was a watershed year for athlete activism, will the momentum continue in '21?
TORONTO - An athlete with a megaphone, fist raised in furious protest. Teammates kneeling, heads bowed, linked arm-in-arm. Political slogans - "Vote Warnock" - across the chest of warmup shirts. A pai...
Jan 05, 2021
Salvation Army Christmas Kettle Campaign raises $175,000 in Red Deer
Officials with the Salvation Army in Red Deer are happy with the results of this year's Christmas Kettle Campaign, despite the COVID-19 pandemic having a major impact.Major Kent Hepditch says they man...
Jan 05, 2021
US factories grew in December at fastest pace since mid-2018
WASHINGTON - American factories grew in December at the fastest pace in more than two years as manufacturing continued to weather the pandemic better than the battered services sector. The Institute f...
Jan 05, 2021
Quebec City long-term care employee in his 50s dies from COVID-19
MONTREAL - Health authorities in Quebec City say a worker at one of the first long-term care homes in the province to receive COVID-19 vaccines has died after being infected with the novel coronavirus...
Jan 05, 2021
Nearly half of Canadians visited friends, family over holidays, new poll suggests
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests nearly half of Canadians visited with family or friends over the winter holiday period. The Lger/Association for Canadian Studies poll found 48 per cent of those surveye...
Jan 05, 2021
Canada to play for gold after downing Russia 5-0 in semifinals
EDMONTON - Canada will play for gold at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton after beating Russia 5-0 in semifinal action Monday. Alex Newhook returned from injury to put Canada on the boa...
Jan 05, 2021
Canadian troops test positive for COVID-19 in Latvia, Kuwait
OTTAWA - The Department of National Defence says Canadian troops deployed to Latvia have tested positive for COVID-19. The Defence Department isn't saying how many Canadian Armed Forces members have b...
Jan 05, 2021
The latest on COVID-19 developments in Canada on Jan. 5, 2021
OTTAWA - The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:10 a.m. Quebec is reporting 2,508 new cases of COVID-19 today and 62 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus...
Jan 05, 2021
Georgia voters head to polls to determine balance of power on tense Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Voters in Georgia have shattered turnout records as they decide who will hold the balance of power on Capitol Hill. Nearly 3.1 million people have already cast ballots in today's tw...
Jan 05, 2021
Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
LOS ANGELES - Veteran talk show host Larry King, suffering from COVID-19, has been moved out of the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles hospital and is breathing on his own, a spokesman said on Monda...
Jan 05, 2021