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A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Ontario businesses are dealing with another round of pandemic-related closures and capacity restrictions , but details of financial support remain scant...
Jan 05, 2022
Dates set for Alberta Beef Producers meetings
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- The new year means Alberta Beef Producers (ABP) is preparing a series of zone meetings. ABP Chair Melanie Wowk explains:Alberta beef producers from all sectors are invited to attend...
Jan 05, 2022
Lawmaker apologizes after ejection at HS basketball game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Tennessee House Republican lawmaker has apologized for losing his temper and being ejected from watching a high school basketball game after a confrontation with a refere...
Jan 05, 2022
Lawmaker apologizes after ejection at HS basketball game
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - A top Tennessee House Republican lawmaker has apologized for losing his temper and being ejected from watching a high school basketball game after a confrontation with a refere...
Jan 05, 2022
More than half of Canada's promised vaccine donations still to come
OTTAWA - Canada has delivered about one-quarter of the direct vaccine doses it has promised to help less wealthy countries and can't say when more doses will go out the door. In 2021 Canada promised t...
Jan 05, 2022
Iran snubs another deadline in PS752 crash as families call for action
OTTAWA - Iran has snubbed yet another deadline set by Canada and its allies to negotiate a settlement for the families of those killed when its military shot down a passenger jet two years ago. And th...
Jan 05, 2022
Bring back hazard pay for supermarket workers facing extra risks from Omicron: NDP MP
OTTAWA - Grocery stores are being urged to reinstate hazard pay for workers facing extra health and safety risks from the highly contagious Omicron variant. The federal NDP's critic for economic devel...
Jan 05, 2022
Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 05, 2022
Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart. Thursday marks...
Jan 05, 2022
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they are dealing with serious staff s...
Jan 05, 2022