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Vancouver Canucks winger Alex Chiasson tests positive for COVID-19
VANCOUVER - Alex Chiasson is the latest Vancouver Canucks player to test positive for COVID-19. Head coach Bruce Boudreau says the 31-year-old right-winger was held out of practice Thursday due to the...
Jan 06, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontarians with COVID-19 symptoms can leave isolation sooner than the required five days if two rapid antigen tests come back negative. Officials say peo...
Jan 06, 2022
Phase two of Canada-Alberta Agri-Recovery assistance now open
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The second phase of the Canada-Alberta Livestock Feed Assistance Agri-Recovery initiative opened on January 5, 2022 and will provided continued assistance to eligible Alberta produc...
Jan 06, 2022
Officials working to assist at-risk population after warming shelter closed during extreme cold
LETHBRIDGE, AB - UPDATE: This story has been updated with further comment from Sage Clan.The group says their social media post from Wednesday night, regarding the closure of the Sik-Ooh-Kotoki Friend...
Jan 06, 2022
Winnipeg Jets add three players, video coach to NHL's COVID-19 protocol
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed three players and a video coach to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The team announced Thursday that forward Jansen Harkins, defenceman Dylan DeMelo, goalie Arvid ...
Jan 06, 2022
Atlantic Canada's vaunted COVID-Zero strategy no match for Omicron variant
HALIFAX - Through most of the COVID-19 pandemic, Atlantic Canada won international praise for the region's largely successful efforts to keep infection rates low - but the arrival of Omicron has upend...
Jan 06, 2022
Constitutional challenge to be launched for Alberta drug smuggling case
LETHBRIDGE, AB - A constitutional challenge will come before the courts in a significant drug smuggling case.Back in April 2021, Gurminder Toor was found guilty by a jury of importing cocaine for the ...
Jan 06, 2022
Manitoba defender Kyle Hiebert looks forward to next chapter of soccer career
After a stellar collegiate career at Missouri State, Canadian Kyle Hiebert is looking forward to his next chapter in soccer. With undergraduate and master's degrees in accounting already in his back p...
Jan 06, 2022
Erin O'Toole pushes for unvaccinated Canadians to be accommodated amid Omicron wave
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says those unwilling to be vaccinated against COVID-19 should be accommodated through measures like rapid testing, as health experts warn the lightning-fast s...
Jan 06, 2022
NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh announces he has become a father of a baby girl
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he has become a father for the first time, to a baby daughter. Singh announced today that he and his wife Gurkiran Kaur Sidhu welcomed a baby girl into the world...
Jan 06, 2022