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US virus numbers drop, but race against new strains heats up
Coronavirus deaths and cases per day in the U.S. dropped markedly over the past couple of weeks but are still running at alarmingly high levels, and the effort to snuff out COVID-19 is becoming an eve...
Jan 25, 2021
Coldest Night of the Year fundraiser adds virtual option for 2021 event
LETHBRIDGE, AB - As the temperature starts to drop across the region, residents are getting set for the Coldest Night of the Year.The annual fundraising walk is a nation-wide event that helps raise aw...
Jan 25, 2021
Watchdog probes if DOJ officials tried to overturn election
WASHINGTON - The Justice Department's inspector general is launching an investigation to examine whether any former or current department officials "engaged in an improper attempt" to overturn the res...
Jan 25, 2021
Canadian provinces push back vaccination plans as Pfizer deliveries grind to a halt
Some Canadian health-care workers are being told they'll have to wait longer to receive their first doses of COVID-19 vaccines as deliveries from a major manufacturer grind to a temporary halt. Canada...
Jan 25, 2021
Lynn Beyak, who defended 'good' of residential schools, resigns from the Senate
OTTAWA - Ontario Sen. Lynn Beyak is leaving the upper chamber three years before her mandatory retirement. Named to the Senate on the advice of Conservative prime minister Stephen Harper in 2013, she ...
Jan 25, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Jan. 25, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern):11 a.m.Quebec is reporting 1,203 new cases of COVID-19 and 43 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including 12 that ...
Jan 25, 2021
Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio won't seek reelection
CINCINNATI - Republican U.S. Sen. Rob Portman, of Ohio, said Monday that he won't seek reelection due in part to how it's gotten "harder to break through the partisan gridlock and make progress," and ...
Jan 25, 2021
NDP warns of long delays in equal pay for women in federal pay equity rules
OTTAWA - The federal New Democrats say new rules to close a gender wage gap in federally regulated workplaces will take too long to make a difference. The government's pay equity regulations require t...
Jan 25, 2021
Priestman includes six uncapped players in her first roster as Canada soccer coach
Bev Priestman has named six uncapped players in her first roster as coach of the Canadian women's team. The 34-year-old Priestman, who took over the team in November after Kenneth Heiner-Moller steppe...
Jan 25, 2021
New milestone for Sidney Poitier: namesake of a film school
NEW YORK - In 1963, Sidney Poitier made a film in Arizona, "Lilies of the Field." The performance led to a huge milestone: He became the first Black winner of a lead-acting Oscar. Now, Arizona is the ...
Jan 25, 2021