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Doctors fear an impending wave of cancer patients after COVID-19 delays
MONTREAL, Italy - While the prospect of mass vaccination has raised hopes of the COVID-19 crisis soon waning, oncologists and cancer researchers say one of its grim legacies may be a lingering increas...
Feb 04, 2021
Woman found dead in Edmonton hotel room was too drunk to consent to sex: lawyers
EDMONTON - A Crown prosecutor is arguing that a man accused of killing a woman in an Edmonton hotel room did not ask for her consent to perform a sexual act that caused her fatal wound. Bradley Barton...
Feb 04, 2021
Pink Shirt Day initiative to support local Boys and Girls Club
Local clothing store FF2 Get Dressed has partnered with the Battlefords Boys and Girls Club to help raise awareness and stand up against bullying, in support of Pink Shirt Day this month. In an effort...
Feb 04, 2021
Remote care saving grace for many COVID patients, hospitals; oxygen monitoring vital
TORONTO - One saving grace amid the devastation of COVID-19 has been that the vast majority of those infected are able to recover at home, allowing hospitals to cope with what would otherwise have bee...
Feb 04, 2021
NHL revises virus protocols with 40 players on COVID-19 list
The NHL has followed the NBA in revising its virus protocols early in the season as a response to COVID-19 problems cropping up around the league. Glass panels have been removed from behind benches fo...
Feb 04, 2021
Montreal police defend probe into alleged cop attack after suspect exonerated
Montreal's police chief is defending his police force after charges were suddenly dropped against a man accused of attempted murder of an officer. Sylvain Caron said today in a statement that police o...
Feb 04, 2021
Riders release Charleston Hughes ahead of CFL free agency
One of the CFL's all-time sack leaders is heading to free agency.The Saskatchewan Roughriders announced Wednesday they had released defensive end Charleston Hughes ahead of free agency. The 37-year-ol...
Feb 04, 2021
Indigenous health legislation needed to end racism in health care: Miller
OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says the federal government has launched consultations on a law meant to ensure Indigenous Peoples' control over the development and delivery of their...
Feb 04, 2021
COVID-19 cases in Indigenous communities hit lowest point since December: minister
Indigenous Services Canada says the number of people with COVID-19 in First Nations communities has declined to the lowest point since Dec. 6 with 1,869 active cases reported as of yesterday.The depar...
Feb 04, 2021
Every vaccine maker was asked to make their doses in Canada and all said no: Anand
OTTAWA - Procurement Minister Anita Anand says every COVID-19 vaccine maker Canada signed a contract with last summer was asked if they could make the doses in Canada and all of them concluded they co...
Feb 04, 2021