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Ontario caps arena crowds at 1,000 for sporting events as COVID-19 cases rise
TORONTO - The Ontario government has capped the crowd size for indoor venues at 1,000 spectators or 50 per cent capacity, whichever is less, as the province deals with an outbreak of COVID-19 cases. T...
Dec 30, 2021
Slovakian goalie calls world juniors 'a joke,' criticizes organizers, COVID protocols
RED DEER, Alta. - Slovakia's goaltender at the world junior hockey championship says that this year's tournament was "a joke." Simon Latkoczy criticized the event's organizers In a pair of Instagram p...
Dec 30, 2021
IIHF announces more positive COVID-19 results after cancellation of world juniors
The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced seven new positive COIVD-19 tests from the world junior hockey championship following the cancellation of the tournament, including a member of th...
Dec 30, 2021
Canadian defender Alistair Johnston already feeling at home with CF Montreal
Alistair Johnston is already feeling at home with CF Montreal. The newly acquired Canadian international defender has friends on the MLS team, appreciates its "very beautiful" style of play and has be...
Dec 30, 2021
Group: Sudanese forces fire at anti-coup rally; 4 killed
CAIRO (AP) - Sudanese security forces fired tear gas and live ammunition at protesters rallying Thursday in the country's capital and elsewhere against the October military coup. At least four protest...
Dec 30, 2021
Ottawa criticizes police raid on Hong Kong news outlet that saw Canadian arrested
The federal government has added its voice to those criticizing this week's police raid on a pro-democracy news outlet in Hong Kong in which a Canadian human rights activist and pop singer was among t...
Dec 30, 2021
Vaccination rules for COVID benefits to stick for foreseeable future, minister says
OTTAWA - The federal minister in charge of aid to the unemployed says jobless Canadians who refuse to get vaccinated may find themselves blocked from benefits so long as public health concerns remain ...
Dec 30, 2021
Israel to offer 4th vaccine dose to most vulnerable
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel has approved a fourth vaccine dose for people most vulnerable to COVID-19, becoming the first country to do so as it braces for a wave of infections fueled by the omicron varia...
Dec 30, 2021
Another Canadian bobsledder tests positive for COVID-19, 14 team members now affected
SIGULDA, Latvia - Another member of Canada's bobsled team has tested positive for COVID-19. That brings the total up to 11 athletes and three staff members affected by the outbreak. A spokesman for Bo...
Dec 30, 2021
WCLC looks back on major lotto winners in 2021
As Canadians across the country prepare to celebrate the New Year, lottery players in Western Canada Lottery Corporation's region will also be looking back on major lottery wins.In 2021, WCLC official...
Dec 30, 2021