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Canada could see above 15K daily COVID-19 cases next month, Tam says
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says there is an urgent need for more people between 18 and 39 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 to reduce the impact of the Delta variant. "This is a cr...
Sep 03, 2021

Fortin's lawyers fight bid to toss his lawsuit over removal from vaccine post
OTTAWA - Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin's lawyers are fighting a federal attempt to quash their client's lawsuit over his removal as head of Canada's vaccine distribution campaign. In a newly filed Federal Cou...
Sep 03, 2021

Palace: Princess Charlene of Monaco's health 'reassuring'
PARIS (AP) - Monaco's Princess Charlene is in "reassuring" condition after being suddenly hospitalized with complications from a serious sinus infection, the principality's palace said Friday. Princes...
Sep 03, 2021

Bains not running, but still influential in Mississauga-Malton election: expert
Navdeep Bains' name may not be on the ballot when voters in Mississauga-Malton head to the polls this month, but the former innovation minister likely still exerts significant influence on the race in...
Sep 03, 2021

Soil erosion - Dollars blowing in the wind
LETHBRIDGE, AB. -- As farmers continue the harvest across the prairies, the greatly reduced grain they're hauling is not the only issue they have or will be dealing with. The summer's intense heat and...
Sep 03, 2021

Some diplomatic posts offer to courier expat postal votes by polling day
OTTAWA - Tens of thousands of Canadians living abroad, including those not travelling because of the COVID-19 pandemic, have applied to vote remotely in the coming election. Over 45,000 expat Canadian...
Sep 03, 2021

Progress on Wet'suwet'en rights and title slower than parties would have liked
SMITHERS, B.C. - British Columbia's minister of Indigenous relations and reconciliation says the progress on a memorandum of understanding signed last year marking the start of a new relationship betw...
Sep 03, 2021

Canada hopes to climb World Rugby rankings in World Cup qualifying run
While moving one step closer to Rugby World Cup qualification is the ultimate goal, Canada can climb the world rankings if it avoids defeat in the first leg of its World Cup qualifying series against ...
Sep 03, 2021

Province to start paying unvaccinated Albertans $100 to get COVID vaccine
EDMONTON, AB - Premier Jason Kenney announced Friday that the Alberta Government is offering a one-time incentive of $100 for all Albertans age 18 or older who receive a first or second dose of vaccin...
Sep 03, 2021

Territory's first since June: Nunavut reports case of COVID-19 in Rankin Inlet
IQALUIT - Nunavut is reporting one new case of COVID-19, the territory's first since June. The case is in Rankin Inlet, a community of about 3,000 people in Nunavut's central region. Acting chief publ...
Sep 03, 2021