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COVID-19 lockdowns limit access to national library and archive collections
OTTAWA - Researchers studying Canadian history have not been able to access Library and Archive Canada's collections during COVID-19 lockdowns - a situation that forced some to put off their research ...
Feb 10, 2021
Investigators: Throttle problem suspected in Indonesia crash
JAKARTA, Indonesia - A malfunctioning automatic throttle may have caused the pilots of a Sriwijaya Air jet to lose control, leading to the Boeing plane's plunge into the Java Sea last month, Indonesia...
Feb 10, 2021
South Africa scraps AstraZeneca vaccine, will give J&J jabs
JOHANNESBURG - South Africa will give the unapproved Johnson & Johnson vaccine to its front-line health care workers beginning next week as a study to see what protection it provides from COVID-19...
Feb 09, 2021
Lindholm scores game-winner for Calgary Flames in 3-2 win over Winnipeg Jets
CALGARY - Elias Lindholm scored a late game-winning goal for the Calgary Flames in a 3-2 win Tuesday over the visiting Winnipeg Jets. Lindholm scored a power-play goal at 18:18 of the third period. An...
Feb 09, 2021
Australian court rules terrorists can be imprisoned longer
CANBERRA, Australia - Australia's highest court on Wednesday upheld a law that can keep extremists in prison after they have served their sentences. Five of the seven High Court judges dismissed a con...
Feb 09, 2021
Trump fumes, GOP senators baffled by legal team's debut
WASHINGTON - Former President Donald Trump fumed that his attorneys' performance on the opening day of his second impeachment trial was a disaster, as allies and Republican senators questioned the str...
Feb 09, 2021
Defencemen lead the way as Oilers continue mastery over slumping Senators
OTTAWA - Goals by defenceman Darnell Nurse, Evan Bouchard and Tyson Barrie lifted the Edmonton Oilers to a 3-2 win Tuesday over the Ottawa Senators. Others took up the slack as Edmonton's big guns wer...
Feb 09, 2021
Canada's Bianca Andreescu loses second-round match at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Bianca Andreescu is making a second-round exit at the Australian Open. She dropped a 6-3, 6-2 decision to Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei at Melbourne Park on Wednesday. The eigh...
Feb 09, 2021
CEO of B.C. health authority leaves organization after report into misspending
VICTORIA - The head of a health authority in British Columbia is no longer with the organization following allegations related to misspending on various items including $7 million for respirators that...
Feb 09, 2021
B.C. health officials urge residents to keep up 'forward momentum' on COVID-19
VICTORIA - British Columbia health officials say progress is being made in the efforts to push back the COVID-19 virus and get to the days of fewer restrictions in the province. Health Minister Adrian...
Feb 09, 2021
