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Veteran linebacker Simoni Lawrence also an offensive threat for Hamilton Tiger-Cats
He's one of the CFL's most active and productive linebackers but Hamilton Tiger-Cat Simoni Lawrence is showing he also has a nose for the end zone. Lawrence, in his ninth CFL season -- eighth with Ham...
Sep 20, 2021
Pfizer Canada cites 'urgency' in plans to seek authorization for kids' COVID vaccine
Pfizer Canada says it plans to provide Health Canada with data showing its COVID-19 vaccine works for children in a bid to seek authorization "as early as possible." Pfizer said Monday its research sh...
Sep 20, 2021
BC Hydro to decommission dam to improve fish passage
A more than 90-year-old hydroelectric dam on the Shuswap River is being shut down by BC Hydro.The government-owned utility plans to decommission the Wilsey Dam and Shuswap Falls Powerhouse between Lum...
Sep 20, 2021
Veteran quarterback Watford to make second straight start for Hamilton Tiger-Cats
HAMILTON - Veteran quarterback Dave Watford will make a second straight start Wednesday night when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats visit the Ottawa Redblacks. Ticats head coach Orlondo Steinauer told reporter...
Sep 20, 2021
Not acceptable to interrupt vital, life-saving services to exercise the right to protest: Malcolmson
British Columbia's Minister of Mental Health and Addictions is condemning the protests held outside hospitals that caused disruptions to health-care services, and is rolling out new supports for healt...
Sep 20, 2021
Leafs' Matthews, Marner focused on the present following another playoff disaster
TORONTO - Auston Matthews isn't really interested in looking back. Unless, that is, the topic's something other than his Maple Leafs. Toronto's star centre made waves in July when television cameras c...
Sep 20, 2021
Eight hurt after fire at lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City
BEAUCEVILLE, Que. - Quebec provincial police say eight people were injured in an early morning fire at a lumber-drying facility southeast of Quebec City. Provincial police say they received 911 calls ...
Sep 20, 2021
White House to require by November that foreign visitors to U.S. be vaccinated
WASHINGTON - By early November, most adult foreign nationals will have to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to travel to the United States, the White House announced Monday. The news is th...
Sep 20, 2021
Protest undermines B.C. healing ceremony for Indigenous woman, family seeks refocus
VICTORIA - Family of a Vancouver Island Indigenous woman killed during a police wellness check in New Brunswick says the effort to seek justice has been overshadowed by a weekend attack on Victoria's ...
Sep 20, 2021
England cricketers pull out of trip to Pakistan
LONDON (AP) - England's cricketers will not travel for matches in Pakistan next month because of security concerns. The decision taken by the England and Wales Cricket Board on Monday came three days ...
Sep 20, 2021
