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Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand
OTTAWA - Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer...
Sep 22, 2021
Negotiations for unsigned Canucks stars Pettersson, Hughes 'complex': GM
VANCOUVER - There'll be some glaring absences as the Vancouver Canucks return to the ice this week. Though general manager Jim Benning bolstered his roster with a flurry of moves over the off-season, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong
New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...
Sep 22, 2021
Leafs eager to move beyond past failures: 'We don't carry the burden of 54 years'
TORONTO - Kyle Dubas heard the outside noise clamouring for off-season change. The Maple Leafs general manager even took phone calls from counterparts across the NHL testing the waters to see if Toron...
Sep 22, 2021
Quick List: Close races where mail-in ballots are deciding election results
OTTAWA - Several federal ridings may not have an elected member of Parliament until Thursday or even Friday, as Elections Canada continues the arduous task of verifying and counting more than 850,000 ...
Sep 22, 2021
CDC panel grapples with who needs a COVID-19 booster shot
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention grappled Wednesday with the question of which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots, with some members wond...
Sep 22, 2021
Jenica Atwin wins re-election after switch from Greens to Liberals in Fredericton
FREDERICTON - It took a couple of extra days to complete the counting, but Jenica Atwin has been re-elected in the riding of Fredericton - this time for the Liberals - by a slim margin of just over 50...
Sep 22, 2021
B.C. must shore up risk-crisis communications before, during, after wildfires: report
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report examining British Columbia's response to the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2017 and 2018 says improving communication with communities at risk of fire will save properti...
Sep 22, 2021
Province reports 426 new cases, 80 per cent among unvaccinated
Another 426 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 were reported today by the provincial government, as well as five new deaths in Saskatchewan.Nearly a quarter of cases are among the 0-11 age range alone wi...
Sep 22, 2021
Blue Jays place Valera on COVID-related injured list, recall Smith from Bisons
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays placed infielder Breyvic Valera on the COVID-related injured list on Wednesday and recalled infielder Kevin Smith from triple-A Buffalo. The moves were announced sh...
Sep 22, 2021