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Reports: Packers QB Aaron Rodgers tests positive for COVID
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) - Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers has tested positive for COVID-19 and will miss Sunday's game at Kansas City, according to published reports. NFL Network was first to report th...
Nov 03, 2021
Former Canadian internationals relish chance to grow the game as Pacific FC co-owners
TORONTO - Rob Friend is no stranger to big games, having played in them on both sides of the Atlantic. But the former striker is still getting used to them as an owner. Friend and fellow former Canadi...
Nov 03, 2021
Prosecutors show Rittenhouse trial jurors video of protests
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - Prosecutors at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Wednesday played video for the jury that captured scenes of protesters and the sound of gunfire in the street as they began detailin...
Nov 03, 2021
Man accused of killing doctor dies in hospital weeks before Alberta murder trial
CALGARY - A man who was to face trial later this month in the slaying of a family doctor at a central Alberta medical clinic has died. Deng Mabiour, 54, was charged with first-degree murder in last ye...
Nov 03, 2021
Supreme Court hears arguments in major gun rights case
WASHINGTON (AP) - Several Supreme Court justices appear concerned that a broad ruling in favor of gun rights could threaten restrictions on firearms in subways, bars, stadiums and other places where p...
Nov 03, 2021
Health Canada reviewing AstraZeneca antibody drug to prevent symptomatic COVID-19
OTTAWA - AstraZeneca has asked Health Canada to review a new long-acting antibody combination that could be used to prevent symptomatic COVID-19. If approved, it would be the first antibody protection...
Nov 03, 2021
Legault remains confident after voters in Maine say no to Hydro-Québec project
MONTREAL - Voters in Maine have voted No to having a Hydro-Qubec power transmission line pass through the state, but Quebec Premier Franois Legault is still confident the $10-billion power export cont...
Nov 03, 2021
Vernon and Coldstream's second dose COVID-19 vaccination rate reaches 80 per cent
While the first dose COVID-19 vaccination rate for Vernon/Coldstream remained flat at 85 per cent, the second dose rate saw a one per cent increase over the past week, climbing to 80 per cent by Monda...
Nov 03, 2021
Nanaimo tenants not immune as housing scams take advantage of desperate renters
NANAIMO - If a rental property you see online looks too good to be true, chances are it probably is.The region's increasingly hot rental market is breeding more opportunity for scammers, looking to ta...
Nov 03, 2021
Erin O'Toole and hydropower project rejected: In The News for Nov. 3
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Nov. 3 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Nov 03, 2021
