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Racism towards Cowichan Tribes in COVID-19 fight is denounced by federal minister
VICTORIA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is denouncing racist comments being directed towards a British Columbia Indigenous community that's fighting a COVID-19 outbreak.Miller says...
Jan 13, 2021
Ontario expedites COVID-19 vaccinations in long-term care
Canada's largest province laid out its plan Wednesday to administer the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in all nursing and high-risk retirement homes by the middle of next month as it works to boos...
Jan 13, 2021
Fifth alert issued for tainted drugs in Kamloops
KAMLOOPS - Interior Health (IH) has added a fifth drug alert for tainted drugs in Kamloops. The alert comes after four similar messages were fanned out Friday (Jan. 8).In the fifth alert distributed W...
Jan 13, 2021
J.T. Miller, Jordie Benn out of Canucks' lineup due to COVID-19 protocols: reports
VANCOUVER - Two Vancouver Canucks players are self isolating under the NHL's COVID-19 protocols, according to multiple media reports Coach Travis Green said defenceman Jordie Benn and forward J.T. Mil...
Jan 13, 2021
SAG Awards moves air date to avoid conflict with Grammys
LOS ANGELES - The Screen Actors Guild Awards will not share the same air date as the Grammys after all. The SAG Awards announced Wednesday that the 27th annual ceremony has been moved to April 4. Both...
Jan 13, 2021
Canadian international Cyle Larin keeps scoring for Turkey's Besiktas
ISTANBUL - Canadian Cyle Larin showed off his rich vein of form Wednesday, scoring in the 85th minute as Besiktas downed Caykur Rizespor 1-0 to advance to the Turkish Cup quarterfinals.Oguzhan Ozyakup...
Jan 13, 2021
A chance to win: Nunavut community holds raffle for those getting COVID vaccinations
ARVIAT, Nunavut - The Nunavut community hit hardest by COVID-19 is offering cash prizes for people who get vaccinated. Arviat, a community of about 1,800 people on the western shore of Hudson Bay, had...
Jan 13, 2021
Delayed Kennedy Center Honors to be rescheduled for mid-May
WASHINGTON - Five months after they were postponed because of the coronavirus, the annual Kennedy Center Honors are coming back in May, possibly in a series of small events, organizers announced Wedne...
Jan 13, 2021
Husband of Quebec doctor who took her own life shines light on pandemic burnout
MONTREAL - The husband of a Quebec emergency room doctor who took her own life this month wants to shine a light on the mental health toll endured by those on the front lines of the COVID-19 crisis. D...
Jan 13, 2021
Amazon seeks to keep right-wing app Parler offline
Seattle-based Amazon.com, Inc. has asked a federal judge to deny a request to reinstate the cloud-service account for conservative social media network Parler, claiming Parler shrugged off police viol...
Jan 13, 2021
