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China announces "over 6%" economic growth target, tech plans
BEIJING - China's top economic official announced a healthy growth target for the nation and its plans to become a more self-reliant technology leader amid tension with Washington and Europe over trad...
Mar 04, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Thursday, March 4, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 4, 2021. There are 878,391 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 878,391 confirmed cases (29,903 active, 8...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. to determine which essential workers will receive Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine
VICTORIA - British Columbia's provincial health officer says the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine will be given to first responders and essential workers, but it still needs to be determined which industrie...
Mar 04, 2021
B.C. eases requirements, extends deadline for small business recovery grants
VICTORIA - The B.C. government has eased the eligibility requirements for small and medium-sized businesses applying for funds under its $345-million pandemic recovery grant program. The province has ...
Mar 04, 2021
Island Health, province post above-average day for new COVID-19 cases
NANAIMO - Case counts across the province continue to pace above recent averages, however public health maintains there is still light at the end of the tunnel.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Hen...
Mar 04, 2021
Powerful quake hits off New Zealand, prompting evacuations
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - A powerful magnitude 8.1 earthquake struck Friday in the ocean off New Zealand, prompting thousands of people to evacuate and triggering tsunami warnings across the South Pac...
Mar 04, 2021
Phish guitarist to found substance abuse treatment centre
LUDLOW, Vt. - Phish guitarist Trey Anastasio plans to start a substance use disorder treatment centre in Vermont, where the band was formed in 1983. Anastasio, who is now 14 years sober, announced Thu...
Mar 04, 2021
Line 5 'very different' from Keystone XL, Canada will fight hard for it, says O'Regan
WASHINGTON - Canada's natural resources minister is calling the cross-border Line 5 pipeline a "non-negotiable" element of talks with the United States. Seamus O'Regan is vowing to defend the underwat...
Mar 04, 2021
Blue Jays surrender two runs on wild pitches in 8-2 exhibition loss to Tigers
LAKELAND, Fla. - A lack of control from Toronto's pitchers was a factor in the Detroit Tigers' 8-2 win over the Blue Jays in spring training action Thursday. The Tigers (3-2) scored eight unanswered r...
Mar 04, 2021
California to give 40% of vaccine doses to vulnerable areas
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California will begin setting aside 40% of all vaccine doses for people who live in the most vulnerable neighbourhoods in an effort to inoculate people most at risk from the coron...
Mar 04, 2021