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The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, March 2, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday, March 2, 2021. There are 872,747 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 872,747 confirmed cases (30,252 active, 82...
Mar 02, 2021
Wheeler, Connor tally three-point nights, Jets down Canucks 5-2
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets roared back with vengeance Tuesday, downing the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. The result came after the home side was blanked 4-0 by the Canucks the night before. Mason Appleton ...
Mar 02, 2021
Hab down Sens 3-1 to snap 5-game winless streak; Ducharme earns 1st NHL coaching win
MONTREAL - Carey Price made 26 saves as Montreal defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-1 on Tuesday to give Canadiens rookie head coach Dominique Ducharme his first NHL victory. Jeff Petry, with a goal and t...
Mar 02, 2021
Rio Tinto chairman leaving over destruction of sacred sites
CANBERRA, Australia - Rio Tinto chairman Simon Thompson said Wednesday he was accountable for the mining giant destroying sacred Indigenous sites in Australia to access iron ore and he will not seek r...
Mar 02, 2021
South Carolina Senate adds firing squad to execution methods
COLUMBIA, S.C. - South Carolina senators Tuesday added a firing squad to the electric chair as alternatives if the state can't execute condemned inmates by way of lethal injection. The Senate then app...
Mar 02, 2021
China says it aims to vaccinate 40% of population by June
TAIPEI, Taiwan - Health experts in China say their country is lagging in its coronavirus vaccination rollout because it has the disease largely under control, but plans to inoculate 40% of its populat...
Mar 02, 2021
Auditor general raises long-running concern with B.C. government's budget accounting
VICTORIA - Auditor general Michael Pickup says he has long-running concerns with the way the British Columbia government counts the money it receives from other levels of government. Pickup outlined T...
Mar 02, 2021
Raptors stars VanVleet, Anunoby join Siakam in NBA's health and safety protocol
TAMPA, Fla. - A greatly reduced Raptors team will host the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday in Toronto's temporary home of Tampa, Fla. The team announced Tuesday that starters Fred VanVleet, Pascal Siakam...
Mar 02, 2021
B.C. focused on 'maximizing the benefit' of widespread COVID-19 vaccinations, 23 new Island Health cases
NANAIMO - More first doses for more people is the mantra for public health as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on.Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry echoed Monday's update on the vaccine rollout pl...
Mar 02, 2021
Budget nominee Tanden withdraws nomination amid opposition
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden's pick to head the Office of Management and Budget, Neera Tanden, has withdrawn her nomination after she faced opposition from key Democratic and Republican senators f...
Mar 02, 2021