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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Feb. 13, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 9 p.m. ET on Saturday Feb. 13, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 31,403 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,252,942 do...
Feb 13, 2021

Canadians miss the podium at ski cross world championships
IDRE, Sweden - Courtney Hoffos finished fifth at the women's ski cross world championship on Saturday while fellow Canadian Reece Howden took fifth place in the men's competition. Sweden's Sandra Naes...
Feb 13, 2021

Late eagle from the fairway stakes Spieth to lead at Pebble
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. - Jordan Spieth holed out from 160 yards for eagle on the 16th hole at Pebble Beach, the start of a stunning turnaround that took him from two shots behind to a two-shot lead Satu...
Feb 13, 2021

Tkachuk scores winner as Ottawa Senators claim close 2-1 victory over Winnipeg Jets
WINNIPEG - Brady Tkachuk gave the Ottawa Senators a reason - finally - to celebrate against the Winnipeg Jets.Tkachuk scored with 8.2 seconds left in regulation time to give Ottawa a 2-1 win over the ...
Feb 13, 2021

Contagious variant of COVID-19 now identified in all 10 provinces as P.E.I. logs case
A contagious variant of COVID-19 has now made its way to all 10 provinces in Canada, officials announced Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned yet again of the dangers of lifting public health re...
Feb 13, 2021

Illness forces Canadian Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off UFC 258 undercard
LAS VEGAS - Illness forced Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off the UFC 258 undercard Saturday night.The UFC did not specify the illness other than to say it was not COVID-19 related....
Feb 13, 2021

Red Deer with 363 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta hospitalizations down again
Alberta confirmed 305 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.That's out of 8,070 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 3.8 per cent.The number of active cases in the province i...
Feb 13, 2021

Canadian men's water polo team finalizes roster for Olympic qualifier
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - The Canadian men's water polo team finalized its roster Saturday for the upcoming Olympic qualification tournament at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam. Head Coach Giuseppe Porzio wil...
Feb 13, 2021

Nunavut hunters end blockades, mine pushes ahead with injunction against them
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Baffinland Irons Mine Corp. has pushed ahead with an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters who blocked the road and airstrip at its Mary River mine in protest of a plan to e...
Feb 13, 2021

Trump acquitted of inciting Jan. 6 Capitol riot
The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeach...
Feb 13, 2021