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Ontario waits for national guidance as B.C. pushes ahead with delayed second dose
VANCOUVER - Ontario is waiting for a recommendation from the National Advisory Committee on Immunization before delaying second doses of COVID-19 vaccine, while British Columbia is pushing ahead with ...
Mar 02, 2021
Mayor in Nunavut hopes curfew order, bylaw patrol will bring drop in COVID-19 cases
ARVIAT, Nunavut - The mayor of Arviat in Nunavut says his community has strictly followed a state of emergency order that includes a nightly curfew.Arviat, with a population of about 2,800, has nine a...
Mar 02, 2021
Judge: Utah schools don't need to offer girls' football
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create football teams for girls. A federal judge ruled against Sam Gordon on Mond...
Mar 02, 2021
Senate votes to confirm Biden pick as commerce secretary
WASHINGTON - The Senate voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to confirm Rhode Island Gov. Gina Raimondo to serve as President Joe Biden's commerce secretary and help guide the economy's recovery during and af...
Mar 02, 2021
Time is now for 'stock-taking' to ensure robust North American supply chains: ADM
WASHINGTON - A federal official says the COVID-19 pandemic has demonstrated an urgent need for fortified North American supply chains. Michael Grant, assistant deputy minister for the Americas with Gl...
Mar 02, 2021
Canada can't 'power past coal' and keep exporting it, environment group says
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says there is no path to eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions without eliminating coal power but critics say Canada's leadership is tainted as long as ...
Mar 02, 2021
Judge: Utah schools don't need to offer girls' football
SALT LAKE CITY - A Utah girl whose football skills won her fame online has lost her court bid to have school districts create football teams for girls. A federal judge ruled against Sam Gordon on Mond...
Mar 02, 2021
Bunny Wailer, reggae luminary and last Wailers member, dies
KINGSTON, Jamaica - Bunny Wailer, a reggae luminary who was the last surviving member of the legendary group The Wailers, died on Tuesday in his native Jamaica. He was 73. Wailer, a baritone singer wh...
Mar 02, 2021
Preliminary hearing set for man accused of kidnapping, beating Pigeon Lake woman
A preliminary hearing will take place later this summer for a man from the Louis Bull First Nation accused of abducting and beating a woman from the Cree Nation community of Pigeon Lake.Lionel Richard...
Mar 02, 2021
Survey reveals top COVID concerns of Red Deerians
The economy, social and health issues were the top COVID-19-related concerns raised by Red Deerians in a recent survey commissioned by The City of Red Deer.The online survey conducted in December by t...
Mar 02, 2021