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St. Ann's Academy added to COVID-19 exposure list
KAMLOOPS - St. Ann's Academy in Kamloops has been added to the Interior Health (IH) COVID-19 school exposure list.According to IH, the exposure at St. Ann's took place on Wednesday through Friday of l...
Feb 02, 2021
Canada's weather-predicting groundhogs call for early spring
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - Canada's best-known weather-predicting groundhogs are calling for an early spring, delivering their annual forecasts over video due to the COVID-19 pandemic.Nova Scotia's Shubenac...
Feb 02, 2021
Trudeau highlights risk of more infectious COVID-19 variants taking root in Canada
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says "rare exceptions" to new travel restrictions will be made on compassionate grounds, but that more contagious COVID-19 variants now taking hold in Canada mea...
Feb 02, 2021
US calls detentions in Myanmar a coup, promises sanctions
The military detention of civilian leaders in Myanmar was a coup, State Department officials said Tuesday, setting the stage for sanctions and other measures targeting what they said was "the very sma...
Feb 02, 2021
Biden moves to provide COVID vaccine to pharmacies
WASHINGTON - The Biden administration will begin providing COVID-19 vaccines to U.S. pharmacies, part of its plan to ramp up vaccinations as new and potentially more serious virus strains are starting...
Feb 02, 2021
Name Change: Rogers Cup tennis tournament renamed National Bank Open
TORONTO - Tennis Canada has renamed its annual showcase tennis event after announcing a 10-year partnership with a bank. The Rogers Cup, a Masters 1000 stop on the ATP Tour that runs concurrently with...
Feb 02, 2021
Canadian defenders Kwame Awuah, Dominic Samuel return to Forge FC for 2021 season
HAMILTON - Canadian defenders Kwame Awuah and Dominic Samuel will be back with Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC for the 2021 season. The Hamilton-based team picked up contract options on both...
Feb 02, 2021
Capt. Tom Moore, UK veteran who walked for NHS, dies at 100
LONDON - Capt. Tom Moore, the World War II veteran who walked into the hearts of a nation in lockdown as he shuffled up and down his garden to raise money for healthcare workers has died after testing...
Feb 02, 2021
Canadian defender Callum Montgomery signs with Minnesota United
GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. - Canadian defender Callum Montgomery has signed a new contract with Minnesota United FC. The Loons acquired the 23-year-old from Lantzville, B.C., in a December trade that sent F...
Feb 02, 2021
The latest news on COVID 19 developments in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:25 a.m. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the government has inked a deal that will see COVID-19 vaccines churned out on hom...
Feb 02, 2021
