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Quebec adds $233 million to fight domestic violence after spate of killings this year
MONTREAL - Quebec is investing an additional $223 million into the fight against domestic violence in the wake of a spate of femicides this year. At least 10 women have been killed by their male partn...
Apr 23, 2021
Leafs' Tavares set to 'pay it forward' in new partnership with Special Olympics
TORONTO - John Tavares looks back fondly on the casual lunchtime chats and classroom visits where he would lend a hand with school work. And the ball hockey games. Oh, those ball hockey games. "They a...
Apr 23, 2021
Restrictions on non-essential travel take effect in B.C., impacts Albertans
CRANBROOK, B.C. - New restrictions meant to stop non-essential travel to, out of, and around B.C. are in effect.The province's Solicitor General Mike Farnworth says this means travel is prohibited out...
Apr 23, 2021
New cancer treatment now available in Alberta
CALGARY, AB - The month of April is Cancer Awareness Month.In a fitting move, the Government of Alberta has announced that a new cancer treatment is now available in the province. CAR T-cell therapy g...
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO - Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging c...
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO - Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging c...
Apr 23, 2021
No reason to fear doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine provided by U.S., Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians need not worry about doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine coming from the United States. Trudeau says Canada has been assured the doses bei...
Apr 23, 2021
Trudeau calls for culture of tolerance around sexual misconduct in military to end
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the culture of tolerance for sexual harassment and "unacceptable actions" in the Canadian Armed Forces needs to end. Trudeau says Defence Minister Harjit Sa...
Apr 23, 2021
Ceferin: Rebels clubs must reject Super League to avoid ban
The Spanish and Italian clubs still clinging to the Super League must disavow the breakaway or face being banned from the Champions League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin told The Associated Press ...
Apr 23, 2021
Added relief made available for Alberta businesses struggling through COVID
LETHBRIDGE, AB - As announced earlier this month, the Alberta Government's Small and Medium Enterprise Relaunch Grant (SMERG) program has been reopened.Eligible businesses can now apply for the additi...
Apr 23, 2021