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Manitoba, three Atlantic provinces to start COVID-19 vaccinations
More provinces are planning to administer their first doses of the COVID-19 vaccine today. Manitoba says high-priority health workers will be getting the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine. Nova Scotia, Prince E...
Dec 16, 2020
'Build it and they will come': Canada's public transit looks to rebound from COVID-19
MONTREAL - The COVID-19 pandemic has led to massive declines in public transit ridership across Canada, yet many cities decided to maintain service levels this year, while others even chose to expand....
Dec 16, 2020
Virus shuts many UK theatres but online the show goes on
LONDON - When Andrew Lincoln steps onstage at London's Old Vic Theatre as Ebenezer Scrooge in "A Christmas Carol," he looks out on an empty auditorium. The spectators are beyond the theatre walls, in ...
Dec 16, 2020
Search continues for remaining five scallop fishers after one found dead late Tuesday
HILLSBURN, N.S. - One of the six missing scallop fishers was found dead late Tuesday evening as teams search the shores near a Nova Scotia village for the remaining five. Rev. Bob Elliott, the pastor ...
Dec 15, 2020
AP Interview: Flattening curve wasn’t enough for New Zealand
WELLINGTON, New Zealand - New Zealand this year pulled off a moonshot that remains the envy of most other nations: It eliminated the coronavirus. But the goal was driven as much by fear as it was ambi...
Dec 15, 2020
CONCACAF Champions League win not enough to extend Montreal Impact's season
ORLANDO, Fla. - In a year stacked with adversity, a win wasn't quite enough for the Montreal Impact Tuesday night. The squad took a gritty 1-0 victory over Honduran club CD Olimpia in Orlando, where t...
Dec 15, 2020
Legalized: A look at the retail cannabis industry in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - On October 17th, 2018, Canada became the first G7 country in the world to legalize recreational and medicinal cannabis. While other provinces were more prepared for the rollout of legal wee...
Dec 15, 2020
Group of Kamloops boys collecting chocolates to sweeten Christmas for seniors
KAMLOOPS - There will be few family gatherings this Christmas thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic. There also won't be any visitation at care homes. However, a group of Kamloops boys is trying to brighten...
Dec 15, 2020
Canadian junior team defenceman Thomas Harley an Edmonton "bubble" veteran
Thomas Harley has hockey "bubble" know-how.When the Canadian team arrived in Edmonton for the world junior hockey championship, the 19-year-old defenceman's insider knowledge on setting up his video g...
Dec 15, 2020
More than 500 care package purses collected for women's shelter donation
KAMLOOPS - For the past three years, a Kamloops woman has collected purses filled with essential items for women in need - and this year's campaign has gathered more than 500 of the stylish care packa...
Dec 15, 2020
