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Pfizer-BioNTech cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada due to production issues
OTTAWA - Global supply issues are temporarily delaying Canada's vaccine shipment from Pfizer-BioNTech, but Procurement Minister Anita Anand says they will be made up with accelerated deliveries in Feb...
Jan 15, 2021
US industrial production jumps 1.6% in December
SILVER SPRING, Md. - U.S. industrial production rose 1.6% in December, a third straight monthly gain, but remains below its pre-pandemic level. The December gain in industrial output followed a 0.5% i...
Jan 15, 2021
Harvest Meats recalls sausages over undercooking
OTTAWA - Harvest Meats is recalling a brand of Polish sausages due to undercooking that may make them unsafe to eat. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says the recall affects customers in Alberta, B...
Jan 15, 2021
Shipments of Canadian COVID-19 vaccines to be delayed
OTTAWA - There's going to be a temporary delay in Canadian shipments of COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech. The companies say they are temporarily cutting back vaccine deliveries to Canada bec...
Jan 15, 2021
Rejection letter ESDC sent to Black organizations 'completely unacceptable': Hussen
OTTAWA - Activist Velma Morgan says several Black organizations were denied federal funding through a program designed to help such groups build capacity - after the department told them their leaders...
Jan 15, 2021
Where MLK and Coretta met and studied, a memorial will rise
BOSTON - A major memorial honouring Martin Luther King Jr. and Coretta Scott King is moving forward in Boston, where they met and studied in the 1950s. King Boston, the privately funded organization c...
Jan 15, 2021
Q&A: Kingsley Ben-Adir breaks out as Malcolm X
British actor Kingsley Ben-Adir may not be a household name yet, but that's poised to change with his scene-stealing performance as Malcolm X in Regina King's "One Night in Miami...." The film, which ...
Jan 15, 2021
Canadian Mark-Anthony Kaye elected to MLS Players Association executive board
Canadian international Mark-Anthony Kaye has been elected to the Major League Soccer Players Association executive board. The 26-year-old Los Angeles FC midfielder, along with Jalil Anibaba (Nashville...
Jan 15, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):9:56 a.m.Chief Public Health Officer Dr. Theresa Tam says Canada is on track to hit 10,000 new daily infections of COVID-19 by th...
Jan 15, 2021
Homegrown star Andrew Harris signs one-year extension with Winnipeg Blue Bombers
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed star running back Andrew Harris to a one-year contract extension. The Winnipeg native returns to the Blue Bombers for a fifth season. The 33-year-old H...
Jan 15, 2021
