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Moderna establishing Canadian division amid COVID-19 vaccine rollout
OTTAWA - U.S. biotech firm Moderna is establishing a Canadian office as it ramps up plans to rolls out its COVID-19 vaccine here as soon as Health Canada approves it.Patricia Gauthier, the new general...
Dec 21, 2020
LSSD announces COVID-19 cases in Unity, Cut Knife
Living Sky School Division has announced three cases of COVID-19 at schools within the division.In a release on Monday, LSSD said they were informed on December 19 by Public Health Officials of the po...
Dec 21, 2020
Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll
OTTAWA - New polling suggests many Canadians who have contracted COVID-19 worried they would die from the illness.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian Studies found that 35 per cent - o...
Dec 21, 2020
Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide $60 million over three years to restore the environment of Canada's largest national park. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the money w...
Dec 21, 2020
World junior hockey championship says no new positive COVID-19 tests for players
EDMONTON - The International Ice Hockey Federation says there are no new positive tests for COVID-19 among players on the 10 teams at the world junior championship. Since the teams entered the competi...
Dec 21, 2020
Garneau directs CTA to develop new rules for flight cancellation refunds
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is directing the Canadian Transportation Agency to strengthen rules that require airlines to refund passengers for cancelled flights. In a statement Monday, Gar...
Dec 21, 2020
Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP
OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says the federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately. Speaking to a virtual news conference ...
Dec 21, 2020
Canadian navy submarine docked extra year after leak found in main ballast tank
OTTAWA - One of the Royal Canadian Navy's beleaguered submarines is remaining in dock an extra year due to a leak in its main ballast tank, which is used to control whether it goes up or down in the w...
Dec 21, 2020
'It seemed like the person was trying to drive at us': RCMP investigate impaired driving incident
A close call near Rosthern Sunday afternoon, involving a southbound SUV driving into oncoming traffic and narrowly missing a number of vehicles, is being investigated as a driver impaired by drugs, ac...
Dec 21, 2020
Council approves $140,000 audiovisual upgrade for chamber
They may not like the price-tag, but Prince Albert city councillors have voted unanimously to buy a new audiovisual system for the council chamber. The updated system, which will cost up to $140,000, ...
Dec 21, 2020