Michael Spavor’s trial has ended without a verdict in China. Canada will receive an influx of vaccines from the U.S. Plus, can the AstraZeneca vaccine overcome controversy and contradiction?

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00:00 The National for March 18, 2021
00:56 Michael Spavor’s trial ends without a verdict
03:19 U.S.-China diplomatic talks
05:39 U.S. to loan 1.5M vaccine doses to Canada
07:55 Montreal to vaccinate some parents
10:10 Atlantic bubble set for April reopening
12:23 N.B. monitoring unknown neurological disease
12:55 Downing of Flight PS752 in Iran
15:16 Inside an ISIS detention camp in Syria
19:13 CBC Marketplace: Phone scammers
22:31 At Issue: Erin O'Toole's convention speech
28:46 At Issue: Does O'Toole have time to sway voters?
32:54 The AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine
40:15 Calls to make Yellowknife COVID shelter permanent
42:54 The Moment

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