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Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study
A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have b...
Dec 15, 2022
Paralympic curler Ideson says club accessibility in Canada lacking
Entering a curling club isn't something Mark Ideson takes for granted. The three-time Paralympian in wheelchair curling says a single stair poses a formidable hurdle to pursue his sport. "That one sta...
Dec 15, 2022
Blue Jays agree to terms on one-year deal with outfielder Kevin Kiermaier
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have agreed to terms with outfielder Kevin Kiermaier on a US$9-million, one-year contract. The 32-year-old played 63 games for the Tampa Bay Rays last season, hitting ....
Dec 15, 2022
UK media: Boris Becker released from jail, faces deportation
LONDON (AP) - British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from ...
Dec 15, 2022
UK media: Boris Becker released from jail, faces deportation
LONDON (AP) - British news agency Press Association reports that German tennis legend Boris Becker has been freed from prison after serving eight months of his sentence and now faces deportation from ...
Dec 15, 2022
Six-month COVID-19 vaccine delay would have cost $156B: study
A study from the C.D. Howe Institute estimates Canada would have lost $156 billion in economic activity in 2021 had COVID-19 vaccines been rolled out six months later than they were. That would have b...
Dec 15, 2022
In The News for Dec. 15 : Canada's banking regulator to set mortgage stress test
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 Dec. 15 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 15, 2022
Environment ministers try to get Montreal biodiversity talks on track in last days
MONTREAL - Environment ministers from around the world are gathering in Montreal for the last few days of a conference aimed at preserving what's left of the planet's biodiversity. Talks at COP15 hit ...
Dec 15, 2022
Financial intelligence agency tracking signs of homegrown terrorism financing
OTTAWA - Efforts by Canada's financial intelligence agency over the last three years uncovered activity related to homegrown terrorism, the bankrolling of international terrorist groups and attempts b...
Dec 15, 2022
'Prey-switching' blamed for death of Toronto woman mauled by coyotes 13 years ago
HALIFAX - A new and unusual theory has emerged about the coyotes that killed a young Toronto woman on a Nova Scotia hiking trail 13 years ago. Researchers say that on Oct. 27, 2009, when singer-songwr...
Dec 15, 2022