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Throng of fans pay respects at actor Cicely Tyson's viewing
NEW YORK - People travelled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing Monday. As it began on a wintry Monday morning, admirers of the pionee...
Feb 15, 2021
Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'
TEL AVIV, Israel - Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for "defending science" and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The ...
Feb 15, 2021
Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested, charged in cop attack says he was traumatized
MONTREAL - A Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested and accused of attempted murder of a police officer says he's traumatized by the events that turned his life upside down in late January. Mamadi Far...
Feb 15, 2021
Feds expect Pfizer to start ramping up vaccine deliveries to Canada this week
OTTAWA - Canada's sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTec...
Feb 15, 2021
Outdoor hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.575M for cancer research
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - The world's longest hockey game has broken multiple records this year. Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 t...
Feb 15, 2021
Police say Nicki Minaj's father killed by hit-and-run driver
MINEOLA, N.Y. - The 64-year-old father of rapper Nicki Minaj has died after being struck by a hit-and-run driver in New York, police said. Robert Maraj was walking along a road in Mineola on Long Isla...
Feb 15, 2021
Philippines demands more U.S. security aid to retain pact
MANILA, Philippines - Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's administration wants considerably more military aid from the United States in exchange for not abrogating a key security pact with Washingt...
Feb 15, 2021
As the Lionel Desmond inquiry resumes, a look at what has been learned so far
HALIFAX - Lionel Desmond was a desperately ill man, and he knew it. The former Canadian soldier was suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder and a possible traumatic brain injury when he w...
Feb 15, 2021
Feds expect Pfizer to start ramping up vaccine deliveries to Canada this week
OTTAWA - Canada's sluggish COVID-19 vaccination efforts are expected to get a big boost starting this week as the federal government prepares for a ramp up in the delivery of shots from Pfizer-BioNTec...
Feb 15, 2021
UK opens quarantine hotels, pushes on with vaccine drive
LONDON - Britain's newly established quarantine hotels received their first guests on Monday as the government tries to prevent new variants of the coronavirus from derailing its fast-moving vaccinati...
Feb 15, 2021