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Canadian Press NewsAlert: Ontario administers first COVID-19 vaccine in Toronto
TORONTO - Ontario has administered the provinces' first COVID-19 vaccination to a health-care worker from a Toronto nursing home.Anita Quidangen, a personal support worker at the Rekai Centre, receive...
Dec 14, 2020
Vancouver Whitecaps send 'keeper Evan Bush to Columbus Crew for cash
VANCOUVER - After a brief stint with the Vancouver Whitecaps, veteran goalkeeper Evan Bush is on the move once again. The 'Caps sent the 34-year-old from Concord Township, Ohio, to the Columbus Crew i...
Dec 14, 2020
Montreal Alouettes get running back William Stanback to return after NFL look
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed star running back William Stanback to a two-year contract. Stanback returns to the Alouettes after getting cut by the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders in training ...
Dec 14, 2020
Shandro, Hinshaw to give COVID-19 vaccine update
Provincial officials will provide an update today on the COVID-19 vaccine in Alberta.Tyler Shandro, Minister of Health, Paul Wynnyk, chair, COVID-19 Vaccine Task Force, and Dr. Deena Hinshaw, chief me...
Dec 14, 2020
UAW, US Attorney reach deal to reform union after scandal
DETROIT - The United Auto Workers and the U.S. attorney's office in Detroit say they have reached a settlement with the goal of reforming the union in the wake of a wide-ranging bribery and embezzleme...
Dec 14, 2020
Canada boosts foreign aid by $485 million with new funds to global COVID-19 effort
OTTAWA - Canada's foreign aid budget is swelling noticeably today with International Development Minister Karina Gould's announcement of $485 million in new funding towards the global effort to provid...
Dec 14, 2020
London placed under toughest coronavirus restrictions
London and surrounding areas will be placed under the highest level of coronavirus restrictions from Wednesday as infections rise rapidly in the capital, the British government said Monday. Health Sec...
Dec 14, 2020
US blames Iran in abduction, death of ex-FBI agent Levinson
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration for the first time on Monday formally blamed Iran for the presumed death of retired FBI agent Robert Levinson, publicly identifying two Iranian intelligence offic...
Dec 14, 2020
A look at what provinces and territories have said about COVID-19 vaccine plans
The largest mass immunization effort in Canadian history was set to begin Monday in Ontario and Quebec after the country received its first COVID-19 vaccine shipment over the weekend.The Canadian mili...
Dec 14, 2020
Quebec to begin inoculating against COVID-19 as first vaccines arrive
MONTREAL - Quebec's first COVID-19 vaccinations will be administered Monday afternoon in Montreal, a public health official said, as health-care workers prepared for what is being called the "historic...
Dec 14, 2020