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Children under five can receive first COVID-19 vaccine starting August 2, 2022
EDMONTON, AB - Children in Alberta between the ages of six months to five years will be able to receive doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting Tuesday, August 2, 2022.In a news release, Albert...
Jul 29, 2022

House passes semi-automatic gun ban after 18-year lapse
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House passed legislation Friday to revive a ban on semi-automatic guns, the first vote of its kind in years and a direct response to the firearms often used in the crush of mass ...
Jul 29, 2022

May readies Green leadership bid, asked MP Mike Morrice to consider running: sources
OTTAWA - Elizabeth May, who is preparing a bid for the leadership of the Green Party, first asked the only other Green MP if he would consider taking the helm before she decided to apply for her old j...
Jul 29, 2022

Deleted bookmark led to child pornography site that depicted Amanda Todd: Crown
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. - A Crown attorney says a device seized from the home of the Dutch man accused of harassing British Columbia teenager Amanda Todd contained a deleted bookmark to a child pornogra...
Jul 29, 2022

Judge says Aheer did not breach rules
CALGARY, AB - United Conservative Party leadership candidate Leela Aheer says she's relieved to finally be exonerated of exceeding Alberta political contribution limits in 2018.A Queen's Bench judge r...
Jul 29, 2022

Former sport minister Duncan has zero faith Hocky Canada can clean up its sport
TORONTO - As a former gymnast who has seen the darker side of that sport, Kirsty Duncan's mandate was to try to eradicate abuse in Canadian sport. Duncan, who was Canada's sport minister from 2015 to ...
Jul 29, 2022

Canada's ambassador to Ukraine working off-site in Kyiv due to security concerns
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau raised the flag over the Canadian Embassy in Kyiv in May and announced it was reopening for business. But nearly three months on, Canada's ambassador to Ukraine ...
Jul 29, 2022

Swim star Summer McIntosh races to gold at Commonwealth Games
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Swimming star Summer McIntosh has added to her burgeoning trophy case, earning Canada's first gold medal at the Commonwealth Games in the women's 400-metre individual medl...
Jul 29, 2022

Blinken presses Russia to free Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
WASHINGTON (AP) - Secretary of State Antony Blinken spoke by phone to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Friday in the highest-level known contact between the two sides since Russia invaded Ukr...
Jul 29, 2022

Parents facing tough conversations, decisions in wake of Hockey Canada controversies
Sylvain Perrier was sitting down to lunch with his wife and daughter when he saw the breaking news that Hockey Canada was embroiled in another group sexual assault investigation, this time involving t...
Jul 29, 2022