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N.W.T. top doctor says health system is stretched, adds new orders
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories is introducing stricter public health measures and extending current orders as the territory continues to deal with an outbreak of COVID-19. Starting Saturday, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Owner of Quebec care home where 47 died during pandemic testifies at coroner inquest
MONTREAL - The owner of a Montreal long-term care home where 47 residents died during the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic told a coroner's inquiry Wednesday she was relieved when government offici...
Sep 22, 2021
Long curling qualifying road to Beijing Olympics makes stop in Ottawa
Jill Brothers had been hoping there might be an outside chance her team could somehow find its way into the Home Hardware Curling Pre-Trials field next month in her hometown of Liverpool, N.S. A five-...
Sep 22, 2021
Kenney being hounded by divided UCP caucus over COVID handling
CALGARY - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney has faced down a restive and divided United Conservative Party caucus, focusing on COVID-19 while managing to avoid a straw vote on his leadership.Kenney has bee...
Sep 22, 2021
LPS search for second person in gunshot investigation
LETHBRIDGE, AB - Lethbridge Police Services are searching for Nicholas Rodney Scout, 37, of Lethbridge, who they believe is connected to a gunshot incident on Monday.While responding to a motor vehicl...
Sep 22, 2021
Environment groups say all parties now firmly behind strong action on climate change
OTTAWA - Two years ago environment groups applauded the federal election results as a win after almost two in every three voters picked a party with a clear commitment to combating climate change. Mon...
Sep 22, 2021
More COVID patients hospitalized now in Alberta than at any other point of the pandemic
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The province has released its latest report on COVID-19 for Tuesday, covering statistics from the past three days.1,336 cases were confirmed across the province, bringing the total to...
Sep 22, 2021
Canada paused COVID-19 vaccine deliveries as supply far exceeds demand
OTTAWA - Further deliveries of COVID-19 vaccines to Canada are on pause because provinces already have more doses than they can currently use. Canada was to get 95 million doses of vaccine from Pfizer...
Sep 22, 2021
Negotiations for unsigned Canucks stars Pettersson, Hughes 'complex': GM
VANCOUVER - There'll be some glaring absences as the Vancouver Canucks return to the ice this week. Though general manager Jim Benning bolstered his roster with a flurry of moves over the off-season, ...
Sep 22, 2021
Hawks to hummingbirds: Study finds roads quieted by COVID-19 fill with birdsong
New research shows that roads and runways quieted by COVID-19 are filling with birdsong instead. University of Manitoba scientists led a study drawing on millions of sightings by amateur birders acros...
Sep 22, 2021