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UK vaccination drive expands as virus toll nears 100,000
LONDON - Britain is expanding a coronavirus vaccination program that has seen almost 6 million people get the first of two doses - even as the country's death toll in the pandemic approaches 100,000. ...
Jan 24, 2021
Trapped for 2 weeks, 11 workers rescued from China gold mine
BEIJING - Eleven workers trapped for two weeks by an explosion inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday. State broadcaster CCTV showed workers being hauled up one-by-one...
Jan 24, 2021
Portugal chooses a president amid a severe pandemic surge
LISBON, Portugal - Portugal held a presidential election Sunday, with the moderate incumbent candidate strongly favoured to earn a second five-year term as a devastating COVID-19 surge grips the Europ...
Jan 24, 2021
Argentina's abortion law enters force under watchful eyes
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's groundbreaking abortion law goes into force Sunday under the watchful eyes of women's groups and government officials, who hope to ensure its full implementation ...
Jan 24, 2021
Drug users at greater risk of dying as services scale back in second wave of COVID-19
OTTAWA - Under fluorescent lights, Wendy Muckle surveys the supervised consumption site that sits in quiet contrast to Ottawa's peppy ByWard Market nearby. Users filter into the brick building - dubbe...
Jan 24, 2021
'We're still in it': Wet'suwet'en push forward on rights recognition
Tensions had reached a boiling point over a natural gas pipeline in northern British Columbia when a Wet'suwet'en hereditary chief said he made a phone call that changed everything. Na'moks, who also ...
Jan 24, 2021
Stastny, Scheifele have three-point nights in 6-3 Jets win over Senaots
Paul Stastny, Mark Scheifele and Blake Wheeler each had three-point nights in a 6-3 Winnipeg Jets win over the Ottawa Senators at Bell MTS Place in Winnipeg late Saturday night. Both players scored a ...
Jan 23, 2021
Corey Perry scores in Canadiens debut, Montreal downs Vancouver 5-2
VANCOUVER - Corey Perry scored in his debut for the Canadiens Sunday, helping Montreal down the Vancouver Canucks 5-2. Perry slotted into the lineup for Joel Armia, who suffered a concussion in a hit ...
Jan 23, 2021
Another 13 Covid deaths in the province - but, new cases inch downward
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- Alberta Health Services has released the COVID-19 report for cases to the end of Jan. 22, covering statistics compiled over the past 24 hours.573 cases were confirmed across the pro...
Jan 23, 2021
Homa, Finau, Kim share 3rd-round lead at American Express
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Max Homa has been tearing up the Stadium Course at The American Express for two days. If he can do it one more time Sunday, the Southern California native could be raising his seco...
Jan 23, 2021