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Alberta schools can't require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations
LETHBRIDGE, AB - The school year is fast approaching and students are surely wondering what the upcoming term will look like.The COVID-19 pandemic has slowed down in recent months as more and more Alb...
Jul 29, 2021
Inaccurate educational signs at Coaldale's wetlands signs ordered to be corrected
COALDALE, AB - The Alberta Government is directing the Town of Coaldale to remove a couple of recently installed educational signs at the wetlands.They were put up late last year as a means of informi...
Jul 29, 2021
New Brunswick to lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but experts warn of relapse
HALIFAX - As New Brunswick prepares to drop virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions Friday night, some infectious disease experts are warning the province should prepare for a surge in cases this f...
Jul 29, 2021
Fort Macleod crews respond to possible chemical exposure at local campground
FORT MACLEOD, AB - It was a troublesome situation at a southern Alberta campground last weekend.Fort Macleod RCMP, along with Fire and EMS, responded to the Fish & Game campground on Sunday, July ...
Jul 29, 2021
Border workers' union, employers to return to bargaining table after strike threat
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this w...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
British Canadians frustrated by exclusion from U.K.'s new quarantine exemptions
OTTAWA - Many British Canadians are frustrated after being snubbed by a new plan to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland. The United Kingdom countries announced Wednesday tha...
Jul 29, 2021
Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated. The announcement by Naftali Bennet...
Jul 29, 2021
N.S. politicians critiqued for vague response to threat of rising seas
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's provincial election campaign has unfolded amid deadly heat waves in Western Canada and catastrophic flooding in Europe, the topic of preparing the province for its own poten...
Jul 29, 2021