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WINNIPEG — Manitoba's health minister and its top doctor are urging people to get vaccinated before joining family and friends over the holidays. Dr.

Alberta's premier has reacted to criticism her province toned down this year's vaccination campaign, telling listeners to her call-in radio show that "most people can make their own judgements on their own level of risk.

TORONTO — Utah Jazz head coach Will Hardy swallowed his national pride and publicly settled a bet with assistant coach Scott Morrison on Saturday.

KUNGSBACKA, Sweden — Montreal Canadiens prospect Lane Hutson scored the overtime winner as the United States defeated Canada 6-5 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Saturday.

Alan Letang isn't focused on the absences. It doesn't do Canada's head coach any good. "We're missing what we miss," Letang said. "There's nothing we can do about that.

TORONTO — Police say an overnight shooting in Toronto left one man dead and another in hospital. Toronto police say the two men were shot just before 2 a.m. near Steeles Avenue and Weston Road in North York.

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. — Quebec provincial police are pausing a search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river north of Quebec City and plan to resume their efforts tomorrow.

TORONTO — They're an easily recognizable part of Canada's fight against wildfires, playing a key supporting role in the annual battle against the flames.

LONDON, Ont. — Researchers at Western University say they've confirmed that a fire-generated tornado occurred in British Columbia this summer after a video of the "rarely observed" event went viral back in August.

TORONTO — Payments processing company Moneris is reporting "intermittent network slowness" this afternoon, one day after experiencing a network outage that it says affected customers' ability to process transactions.