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South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health care workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19...
Feb 09, 2021
Lindholm scores game-winner for Calgary Flames in 3-2 win over Winnipeg Jets
CALGARY - Elias Lindholm scored a late game-winning goal for the Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win Tuesday over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Lindholm scored a power-play goal at 18:18 of the third period. An...
Feb 09, 2021
COVID-19 continues to spread in south Nanaimo high school
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District is once again warning of a COVID-19 exposure. SD68 confirmed an additional exposure at NDSS, the second such announcement in as many days, the evening o...
Feb 09, 2021
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences. Five of the seven High Court judges dismissed a con...
Feb 09, 2021
Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys' performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the str...
Feb 09, 2021
Defencemen lead the way as Oilers continue mastery over slumping Senators
OTTAWA - Goals by defenceman Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard and Tyson Barrie lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win Tuesday over the Ottawa Senators. Others took up the slack as Edmonton's big guns wer...
Feb 09, 2021
Canada's Bianca Andreescu loses second-round match at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is making a second-round exit at the Australian Open. She dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. The eigh...
Feb 09, 2021
CEO of B.C. health authority leaves organization after report into misspending
VICTORIA - The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that...
Feb 09, 2021
B.C. health officials urge residents to keep up 'forward momentum' on COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say progress is being made in the efforts to push back the COVID-19 virus and get to the days of fewer restrictions in the province. Health Minister Adrian...
Feb 09, 2021
CEO of B.C. health authority leaves organization after report into misspending
VICTORIA - The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that...
Feb 09, 2021