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Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman win Nobel in medicine for enabling development of mRNA vaccines
STOCKHOLM (AP) - Two scientists won the Nobel Prize in medicine on Monday for discoveries that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19. Katalin Karik is a professor at Saga...
Oct 02, 2023
CAQ looks to hang on to hotly contested Jean-Talon riding in Quebec byelection today
QUEBEC - Residents of the hotly contested Quebec City riding of Jean-Talon are voting in a byelection today. Coalition Avenir Qubec's Joelle Boutin triggered the byelection when she quit politics this...
Oct 02, 2023
Winners of recent Manitoba elections have seen sizable majority governments
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba election is scheduled for Tuesday. Here is a look at Manitoba elections and governments over the past 20 years: New Democrats, 2003 The NDP under then premier Gary Doer wins a se...
Oct 02, 2023
Imperial, Alberta regulator knew for years about tailings seepage at mine: documents
EDMONTON - Documents filed by Imperial Oil Ltd. show the company and Alberta's energy regulator knew the Kearl oilsands mine was seeping tailings into groundwater years before a pool of contaminated f...
Oct 02, 2023
Who will become Manitoba's next premier? A look at party leaders vying for the job
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's provincial election is to take place Tuesday. Here's a look at the leaders of the province's three parties that have seats in the legislature. Heather Stefanson, Progressive Cons...
Oct 02, 2023
WHL roundup: Giants come up big, beat visiting Wild 6-2
LANGLEY, B.C. - Kyren Gronick and Tyler Thorpe scored twice and Jaden Lipinski, Ty Halaburda and Julian Cull each added two assists as the Vancouver Giants defeated the visiting Wenatchee Wild 6-2 in ...
Oct 01, 2023
Taylor Swift watches Travis Kelce's Chiefs take on the Jets at MetLife Stadium
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Taylor Swift couldn't just shake off another chance to watch Travis Kelce on the football field. The 12-time Grammy Award winner arrived at MetLife Stadium about 40 minute...
Oct 01, 2023
California governor to name Laphonza Butler, former Kamala Harris adviser, to Feinstein Senate seat
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Gov. Gavin Newsom will name Laphonza Butler, a Democratic strategist and adviser to Kamala Harris' presidential campaign, to fill the vacant U.S. Senate seat held by the ...
Oct 01, 2023
Former CFL running back George Reed dies at the age of 83
George Reed, the rugged fullback who was one of the most dominant rushers in CFL history, has died. The Saskatchewan Roughriders, the team Reed spent his entire CFL career with, confirmed that Reed pa...
Oct 01, 2023
Saskatchewan Roughriders legend George Reed dead at 83
George Reed, one of the CFL's all-time greats, has died according to the Saskatchewan Roughriders.The organization announced the former running back passed away on Sunday - a day before his 84th birth...
Oct 01, 2023