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Outdoor hockey players in Alberta break records, raise $1.575M for cancer research
SHERWOOD PARK, Alta. - The world's longest hockey game has broken multiple records this year. Forty people took turns playing hockey on an outdoor rink 24 hours a day, seven days a week since Feb. 4 t...
Feb 15, 2021
Young Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster enjoying life at Liverpool
Rylee Foster is right where she wants to be - and has the ink to prove it. The 22-year-old goalkeeper from Cambridge, Ont., is a year into her career with the Liverpool FC women. Her love for the stor...
Feb 15, 2021
Annual Brant geese migration affects Parksville beaches
PARKSVILLE - Some local beaches are off-limits to four-legged friends in order to help visiting Brant geese rest and feed.Dogs are prohibited from Rathtrevor Beach between Feb. 15 and Apr. 15, while s...
Feb 15, 2021
Provinces to boost vaccination efforts as Pfizer deliveries set to ramp up this week
COVID-19 vaccination is expected to ramp up across the country this week as manufacturer Pfizer-BioNTech begins boosting deliveries after a month-long slowdown. The federal government says beginning t...
Feb 15, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 15, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. Quebec is reporting 728 new cases of COVID-19 today and 16 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including...
Feb 15, 2021
Throng of fans pay respects at actor Cicely Tyson's viewing
NEW YORK - People travelled across the country and stood in a block-long line to pay respects to Cicely Tyson at a public viewing Monday. As it began on a wintry Monday morning, admirers of the pionee...
Feb 15, 2021
Fauci wins $1 million Israeli prize for 'defending science'
TEL AVIV, Israel - Dr. Anthony Fauci has won the $1 million Dan David Prize for "defending science" and advocating for vaccines now being administered worldwide to fight the coronavirus pandemic. The ...
Feb 15, 2021
Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested, charged in cop attack says he was traumatized
MONTREAL - A Black Montreal man wrongfully arrested and accused of attempted murder of a police officer says he's traumatized by the events that turned his life upside down in late January. Mamadi Far...
Feb 15, 2021
Weather warnings remain for parts of B.C., but forecasters say snow to change to rain
VANCOUVER - Snowfall and winter storm warnings remain posted for British Columbia's inner south coast as Environment Canada warns some areas are being walloped harder than others.The weather office sa...
Feb 15, 2021
VIDEO: Winter wonderland as snowy blanket covers Nanaimo, Oceanside
NANAIMO - Seldom does Mother Nature have such perfect timing when it comes to winter storms.The region's second snowfall of note this winter fell conveniently over the Family Day long weekend, beginni...
Feb 15, 2021