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Representation on world stage not guaranteed for Hearts winner this year
One of the main carrots for the winning team at the Canadian women's curling championship is not guaranteed this year. Normally the Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion represents Canada on the worl...
Feb 19, 2021
Alaska woman using outhouse attacked by bear, from below
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - An Alaska woman had the scare of a lifetime when using an outhouse in the backcountry and she was attacked by a bear, from below. "I got out there and sat down on the toilet and im...
Feb 19, 2021
Pfizer to ask Health Canada to adjust rules to say vaccine safe in regular freezers
OTTAWA - Pfizer and BioNTech say their COVID-19 vaccine can now safely be stored in regular freezers for up to two weeks, potentially easing some of the difficulty getting the vaccine distributed outs...
Feb 19, 2021
Raptors rookie Flynn first player this season to play in G League and NBA in same day
Not long after playing 33 minutes in the Raptors 905 victory over Salt Lake City on Thursday in Florida, Malachi Flynn was the only passenger on a private luxury jet headed to Milwaukee. The Toronto R...
Feb 19, 2021
Ex-Saudi spy urges Canadian court to free up assets; says he's victim of death plot
TORONTO - A former top intelligence agent who alleges Saudi Arabia's de facto ruler sent a hit squad to Canada to kill him urged a court on Friday to free up his assets, saying the judge who froze the...
Feb 19, 2021
Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021
Single COVID-19 vaccine dose reduces risk of virus by 80 per cent: B.C. health agency
VANCOUVER - The British Columbia Centre for Disease Control says new preliminary data shows that a single dose of a COVID-19 vaccine reduces the risk of the virus by 80 per cent within two to three we...
Feb 19, 2021
Blue Jays GM Atkins sees many benefits to Guerrero Jr.'s off-season weight loss
DUNEDIN, Fla. - General manager Ross Atkins can't wait to see slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s busy off-season translate on the baseball field this year for the Toronto Blue Jays. Guerrero spent a lot ...
Feb 19, 2021
'He saw dead people.' Inquiry learns about the mental decline of Lionel Desmond
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - Lionel Desmond experienced severe mental decline and horrible visions after he served as an infantryman in the Afghanistan war, a fatality inquiry in Nova Scotia learned Friday...
Feb 19, 2021
Extra weeks to be added to COVID-19 benefits for workers, parents, Trudeau says
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government is adding 12 weeks of eligibility to two key benefits for unemployed workers and parents at home with children. The extra life for th...
Feb 19, 2021