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Iced Out: Several teams miss out on television time at curling championships
With no family or friends allowed in the spectator-free arena, Northwest Territories skip Greg Skauge was hoping to get some TV time at the Canadian men's curling championship so his supporters back h...
Mar 13, 2021
Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this ...
Mar 13, 2021
VIDEO: Training of local Police Dog Service on display in Nanaimo neighbourhood
NANAIMO - When the local Police Dog Service unit is called into action what follows requires countless hours of training and preparation.The unit regularly attends a wide variety of calls ranging from...
Mar 13, 2021
Police detain participants in Russian opposition forum
MOSCOW - Russian police on Saturday detained about 200 participants at a forum of independent members of municipal councils, an action that comes amid the authorities' multi-pronged crackdown on disse...
Mar 13, 2021
China aims to vaccinate 70-80% of population by mid-2022
BEIJING - China is aiming to vaccinate 70-80% of its population by mid-2022, the head of the country's Center for Disease Control said Saturday. With four approved vaccines, China will vaccinate 900 m...
Mar 13, 2021
Biden played 'sheriff' on '09 aid, now salesman on COVID law
WASHINGTON - In 2009, then-Vice-President Joe Biden was "Sheriff Joe," the enforcer making sure federal dollars from a massive economic aid package were getting to the right places and quickly. This t...
Mar 13, 2021
Biden boosts US vaccine stockpile as world waits
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden has directed his administration to order another 100 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine, growing a likely U.S. surplus of doses later this ...
Mar 13, 2021
New Zealand marks 2 years since Christchurch mosque killings
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand on Saturday marked the second anniversary of one of its most traumatic days, when 51 worshippers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist gu...
Mar 13, 2021
UK policeman charged with woman's murder appears in court
LONDON - A serving British police officer accused of the kidnap and murder of a woman in London appeared in court for the first time Saturday. Wayne Couzens, 48, is charged with kidnapping and killing...
Mar 13, 2021
Afghan bomb kills at least 8; UN slams high civilian deaths
KABUL - A powerful car bomb killed at least eight people and wounded 47 in Afghanistan's western Herat province, officials said Saturday. Hours later, the U.N. condemned an "alarming" increase in atta...
Mar 13, 2021