HALIFAX – Premium Brands Holdings Corp. and a group of Mi’kmaq First Nations have banded together to buy Clearwater Seafoods in a billion-dollar deal the seafood company’s chairman says is a step towards “advancing reconciliation in Canada.” The deal announced Monday would be the largest investment in the seafood industry […]
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QUEBEC – Medicago says it has received promising early test results for its plant-derived vaccine for COVID-19. The Quebec City-based company says interim results of a Phase 1 clinical trial found that 100 per cent of subjects developed a promising antibody response after two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine candidate. […]
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Fort Frances mayor June Caul, left, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 29 president Ann Watson and poppy campaign chair Noris Piccinato held aloft the Legion flag, which was raised at the Civic Centre last week, in support of Canadian veterans and the annual poppy campaign. There is only one public Remembrance […]
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JERUSALEM – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday he made no distinction between Democrats and Republicans and intended to stand up for Israel’s interests in the face of a new American administration. The Israeli leader has been trying to sound a message of bipartisanship since Democrat Joe Biden’s victory […]
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DUNDAS, Ont. – Hamilton’s public health unit is reporting seven more COVID-19 cases at a long-term care home that’s dealing with an outbreak of the virus. The health unit says 11 residents and eight staff members at the home outside the city have now tested positive for the virus. St. […]
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Stan Choe
Stan Choe
NEW YORK – The big rally for markets worldwide is slowing on Tuesday, but optimism remains high that the global economy may still be on track for a return to normal. It’s the second straight day that rising hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine have investors reordering which stocks they see […]
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Kelvin Chan
Kelvin Chan
LONDON – European Union regulators filed antitrust charges Tuesday against Amazon, accusing the e-commerce giant of using its access to data to gain an unfair advantage over merchants using its platform. The EU’s executive Commission, the bloc’s top antitrust enforcer, issued the charges after it started looking into the company […]
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Will Graves
Will Graves
PITTSBURGH – The style points are lacking. The win total is not. The Pittsburgh Steelers are hardly complaining. Well, technically, that’s not true. The NFL’s last unbeaten team, the one that improved to 8-0 for the first time in franchise history following a closer-than-it-had-to-be 24-19 win over the Dallas Cowboys […]
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The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world: Olympic sports federations have shared concerns about completing qualifying events for the Tokyo Games during the coronavirus pandemic. World Rowing official Matt Smith says during an online meeting of the Association of Summer Olympic International Federations […]
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(KENORA, ON) On Sunday November 8, 2020 at 2:34p.m, the Kenora Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) were notified of a missing person on Pelican Pouch Lake. Police were advised that a Manitoba man had attended his camp and when he failed to return home the OPP were called. The OPP marine Unit, […]
The Canadian Press
Shawn Jeffords
Shawn Jeffords
TORONTO – Health-care advocates criticized the Ontario government Friday for not providing any funding details in the provincial budget for a major pledge to improve long-term care, saying the promise will require significant investment. The Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario and the Canadian Union of Public Employees said they were […]
Notable reactions to the death of “Jeopardy!” host Alex Trebek: “Alex wasn’t just the best ever at what he did. He was also a lovely and deeply decent man, and I’m grateful for every minute I got to spend with him … Thinking today about his family and his Jeopardy! […]
