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Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER - COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say. Amy Go, the pre...
Feb 08, 2021
'A blessing:' Paralyzed Humboldt Bronco finds way back on the ice during COVID-19
AIRDRIE, Alta. - Ryan Straschnitzki says there is nothing like the feel of being back on the ice. The former Humboldt Bronco junior hockey player, paralyzed from the chest down when a semi-trailer ble...
Feb 08, 2021
Chinese-Canadians voice worries about racism, job losses one year in to pandemic
VANCOUVER - COVID-19 has taken a toll on many Canadians, but for Chinese-Canadians the impacts have been magnified by racism aimed at individuals and businesses, community leaders say. Amy Go, the pre...
Feb 08, 2021
Health agency has no Moderna doses scheduled this week, with future amounts uncertain
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada says Ottawa plans to distribute more than 70,000 Pfizer-BiotNTech vaccine doses this week ahead of a major ramp-up, but no Moderna doses are on the schedule...
Feb 08, 2021
Politics, meet PlayStation: how 2020 ushered in the era of campaign videogaming
WASHINGTON - Call it the age of PlayStation politics. Where Bill Clinton went on MTV and Barack Obama seized on social media, modern-day Democrats see online video gaming as the next high-tech frontie...
Feb 08, 2021
Mandatory hotel quarantines could harm lower-income Canadians: Lawyer
OTTAWA - The Canadian Civil Liberties Association is questioning Ottawa's move to require hotel quarantines for international travellers, saying it may harm lower-income Canadians and infringe on citi...
Feb 08, 2021
Backstrom, who won 6 Stanley Cups with Montreal, dies at 83
WINDSOR, Colo. - Ralph Backstrom, a six-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, college coach and founder of a minor-league team, died Sunday. He was 83. The Colorado Eagles announced the...
Feb 07, 2021
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 07, 2021
Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 07, 2021
John Barsby secondary, Bayview elementary add COVID-19 exposure events
NANAIMO - The number of COVID-19 cases in School District 68 continues to swell.John Barsby secondary school confirmed an additional case over the weekend with a potential exposure event at the school...
Feb 07, 2021