Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth's home run record and gracefully left his mark as one of baseball's greatest all-around players, died Friday. He was 86.

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For the first time since the second wave took off, Canada is seeing a sustained drop in the number of people testing positive for the coronavirus every day, a signal that restrictions in the country’s two largest provinces are, at last, making a difference.

As of Thursday night, the national seven-day average of new COVID-19 infections reported daily – a measure that smooths out single-day blips – sat at 6,080 cases, down 26 per cent from an all-time high of 8,217 on Jan. 10. 

Active cases nationwide have fallen by one-fifth since the start of the month.

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A couple was charged after they traveled to the Yukon to get a COVID-19 vaccine.

A cabinet minister says a couple from outside Yukon travelled to a remote community in the territory this week and received doses of COVID-19 vaccine.

Community Services Minister John Streicker says he's outraged that the man and woman allegedly chartered a flight to Beaver Creek, the most westerly community in Canada near the border with Alaska, to get the shots.

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American talk show host Larry King has died, at age 87, his media company confirmed.

In a statement posted to King’s official twitter account, Ora Media said King passed away Saturday morning at Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre in Los Angeles.

“For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster,” the statement read.

“Ora Media sends our condolences to his surviving children, Larry Jr., Chance, Canon and the entire King family.”

The news comes just weeks after King was reportedly hospitalized after contracting the novel coronavirus.

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