Mélanie Bédard could not sleep. It was 4 a.m. and her two children – Connor and Madisen, aged 15 and 17 – were flying to Sweden in two days. In the midst of a pandemic. “I sat down and thought, ‘I don’t think I can do this,’ ‘she recalls. “You think if something’s going on and you’re so far away.” […]
More than 90 people have been found at a house in southwest Houston that investigators suspect to be part of a human trafficking operation, police said Friday. Authorities initially served a search warrant at the house after someone called police Thursday night to report a loved one was being held there, Deputy Police Chief Daryn Edwards said. A special tactics […]
Health Canada is delaying the distribution of Johnson & Johnson’s first shipment of COVID-19 vaccine after it became clear that the doses that arrived Wednesday were processed at the same U.S. plant that was mired in quality control issues. Reports first appeared in the New York Times earlier this month, problems at a plant in Baltimore, Md., run by Emergent […]
As Vancouver real estate prices rise higher and higher in the stratosphere, there is a parcel of residential land for sale in the city that stands out for its affordability. That’s because 1912 William Street is literally a patch: nine feet wide in the front, 60 feet deep, and easily mistaken for a muddy driveway belonging to the neighbor next […]
For the second time in as many weeks, the House of Commons defense committee descended into chaos and confusion today as members of the Liberal government tried to avoid an opposition request to call a senior staff official of the Prime Minister to testify about sexual misconduct in the military. The Conservatives have introduced a motion asking Prime Minister Justin […]
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to date with what’s happening in sport by subscribing here. Two important pre-Olympic competitions take place this weekend One is on the track, the other in diving. Here’s what they are and why they’re important: World Athletics Relays Nine events are held during the […]
Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech have submitted a request to the European medicines regulator to extend the approval of their coronavirus vaccine to children aged 12 to 15, to an extent that could offer younger and less-at-risk populations by Europe access to the shot for the first time. In a statement released Friday, the two pharmaceuticals said their submission to the […]
After a long year of virtual classes, Anita Barbiero can’t wait to get her COVID-19 vaccine – and maybe, just maybe, see things get back to normal. “I think it just means finally feeling safe,” said the 17-year-old student from Collège d’Anjou, a high school in Montreal. “It’s a sign that things could be over soon,” Barbiero said. “Obviously, just […]
The 2021 Women’s World Hockey Championship has been postponed from August 20 to 31 at a location that has yet to be named. The International Ice Hockey Federation said in a statement it will evaluate venues with Hockey Canada for the 10-country tournament, which was due to start next week in Halifax and Truro, Nova Scotia, but which has been […]
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold plans to bring her fight for a spot at the Tokyo Olympics to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Bujold and his lawyer Sylvie Rodrigue petitioned the International Olympic Committee for a place due to her maternity and pregnancy leave, and had hoped for a decision by Friday. But Bujold said in an email “we are […]
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