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Canada signs deals with Pfizer, Moderna to get doses of COVID-19 vaccines
OTTAWA - Canada is signing deals with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and U.S.-based biotech firm Moderna to procure millions of doses of their experimental COVID-19 vaccines. Procurement Minister Anita A...
Aug 05, 2020
Mane leans on advice from fellow Canadians as he enters NBA Draft
MONTREAL - Karim Mane hopes the advice he's learned from NBA players past and present will serve him well in the future, as unclear as it may be due to the novel coronavirus. The product of CEGEP Vani...
Aug 05, 2020
Pete Hamill, legendary New York columnist, has died
NEW YORK - Pete Hamill, the self-taught, street-wise newspaper columnist whose love affair with New York inspired a colorful and uniquely influential journalistic career and produced several books of ...
Aug 05, 2020
Disney to release 'Mulan' on streaming service, for a price
"Mulan" is no longer headed for a major theatrical release. The Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday that it will debut its live-action blockbuster on its subscription streaming service, Disney+, on Sept. 4. ...
Aug 05, 2020
Five high schoolers named National Student Poets
NEW YORK - Five high school juniors, residing everywhere from Lake Worth, Florida, to Saratoga, California, have been named National Student Poets. A partnership between the Institute of Museum and Li...
Aug 05, 2020
Drivers re-trained after dump truck snags same Nanaimo power lines one month apart
NANAIMO - WorkSafe BC is satisfied the company responsible for dragging utility lines and snapping power poles in south Nanaimo won't make the same mistake for a third time.A WorkSafe BC report focuse...
Aug 05, 2020
Treausry announces increases in Treasury securities auctions
WASHINGTON - The Treasury Department will ramp up the size of the bonds and other securities it auctions across-the-board in the face of the unprecedented borrowing needs of the the U.S. government as...
Aug 05, 2020
Mourners honour Nobel laureate and peace advocate John Hume
LONDON - Mourners remembered activist John Hume on Wednesday, celebrating the visionary politician who devoted his life to peace and forged the agreement that ended violence in his native Northern Ire...
Aug 05, 2020
US trade deficit drops in June on record rise in exports
WASHINGTON - The U.S. trade deficit fell in June for the first time since February as exports posted a record increase, rising twice as fast as imports. The Commerce Department said Wednesday that the...
Aug 05, 2020
Survey: US companies cut back sharply on hiring in July
U.S. businesses sharply reduced hiring last month suggesting that the resurgent viral outbreak this summer slowed the economic recovery as many states closed parts of their economies again and consume...
Aug 05, 2020