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Nunavut MP Lori Idlout to take oath in Inuktitut, in ceremony lit by seal-oil lamps
OTTAWA - Lori Idlout, the new MP for Nunavut, is to be sworn in as an MP in Inuktitut, her mother tongue. The House of Commons is paying for translation services for the formal ceremony, which will ta...
Nov 09, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses ma...
Nov 09, 2021
Drone video at Rittenhouse murder trial shows first shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Tuesday watched drone video that showed Rittenhouse wheeling around and shooting Joseph Rosenbaum at close range during a night of turb...
Nov 09, 2021
Canada's women's basketball team opens camp in Toronto
TORONTO - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton headline the roster for this week's Canada's women's basketball camp, the team's first step toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. No coach has bee...
Nov 09, 2021
Sununu seeking 4th term as governor, won't challenge Hassan
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) - Republican Gov. Chris Sununu said Tuesday he'll seek a fourth term and won't run for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Maggie Hassan. Sununu won reelection last year by mor...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Soccer star Rashford honored for fighting child poverty
LONDON (AP) - Soccer star Marcus Rashford has received an honorary award from Prince William for his successful campaign to get the British government to provide free meals to disadvantaged children d...
Nov 09, 2021
Booker winner Damon Galgut laments South Africa's gloom
LONDON (AP) - South African author Damon Galgut has mixed feelings. This has been a great week for him, a good month for African writers - and a terrible year, he says, for his country, blighted by pa...
Nov 09, 2021
Quebec's Nunavik region struggling with COVID, has highest infection rate in province
MONTREAL - The health board governing Quebec's Nunavik region says the COVID-19 situation in the northern territory is worse than it's ever been. Health officials reported 30 new cases Monday across t...
Nov 09, 2021
The poppy celebrates 100 years of remembrance
LETHBRIDGE, AB - 2021 marks a special year. It's the 100th anniversary of the poppy.The poppy is worn as a way to recognize the sacrifices of war veterans and their families. The idea of wearing a pop...
Nov 09, 2021