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Anticipating 2021 boom, Q4 GDP revised up slightly to 4.1%
WASHINGTON - The economy grew at a 4.1% pace in the final three months of 2020, slightly faster than first estimated, ending a year in which the overall economy, ravaged by a global pandemic, shrank m...
Feb 25, 2021
Diverse group of cities have highest rates of gay households
ORLANDO, Fla. - Once known for singer Anita Bryant's anti-gay rights campaign and a ban on gay and lesbian adoptions, Florida is now home to two metro areas with among the highest concentrations of ga...
Feb 25, 2021
Bujold, Canadian teammates in isolation after camp cut short due to COVID-19 case
Eleven-time national boxing champion Mandy Bujold is in isolation in Kitchener, Ont., after the Canadian team training camp in Montreal was cut short due to a positive COVID-19 case. In a post on her ...
Feb 25, 2021
Desmond Inquiry: psychologist describes former soldier's marital difficulties
PORT HAWKESBURY, N.S. - The inquiry investigating why a former soldier killed his family and himself in 2017 is hearing today from the first psychologist to treat Lionel Desmond after he was medically...
Feb 25, 2021
Quebec launches COVID-19 vaccination booking system for seniors
Quebec seniors are able to book appointments for COVID-19 vaccinations today, while those in Ontario have to wait weeks for the launch of that province's booking system. The number of hospitalizations...
Feb 25, 2021
Justice minister to seek judge's removal after Supreme Court declines to hear appeal
OTTAWA - Justice Minister David Lametti says he will seek parliamentary approval to remove a Quebec judge from the bench after the Supreme Court of Canada declined to hear the judge's appeal. A 2012 c...
Feb 25, 2021
Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged
LANSING, Mich. - Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Details about the charges against Joh...
Feb 25, 2021
No-size-fits-all residence approach a reality for Canadian Hockey League teams
The Red Deer Rebels' official Twitter bio is a taut four-word entry that sums up the team's current situation. "Livin' at the rink" is usually reserved for hockey cliche. For players on the Western Ho...
Feb 25, 2021
Citing family reasons, Thierry Henry steps down as CF Montreal head coach
MONTREAL - Head coach Thierry Henry is leaving CF Montreal.The MLS team said the 43-year-old Henry is leaving for family reasons. The former French international had been linked to England's Bournemou...
Feb 25, 2021
Justice Minister David Lametti proposes permanent justice reforms in wake of pandemic
OTTAWA - The COVID-19 pandemic appears set to force a modernization of Canada's justice system. Federal Justice Minister David Lametti has introduced a bill the government says will make targeted and ...
Feb 25, 2021
