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Montreal Alouttes embrace possibility of NFL games being played in CFL team's city
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes are embracing the possibility of NFL games being played in their city.NFL commissioner Roger Goodell said Tuesday the league has set its sights on playing in Canada a...
Apr 1, 2021
AstraZeneca vaccine doses ready for use as Canada approves U.S. manufacturing sites
OTTAWA - More than 1.5 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine are on their way to provinces now that Health Canada has authorized the U.S. sites where they were made. It remains to be seen ho...
Apr 1, 2021
Trudeau Liberals ask public for advice on updating Access to Information law
OTTAWA - The Trudeau Liberals are asking the public for views on reforming the key federal transparency law, which the government acknowledges is sorely outdated. The government says the ideas for imp...
Apr 1, 2021
Canada-U.S. dispute emerges over right whale killed by entanglement with fishing gear
HALIFAX - Canadian officials are challenging a draft report from their American colleagues that alleges fishing gear from Canada is to blame for the entanglement of a North Atlantic right whale found ...
Apr 1, 2021
No new restrictions coming despite rise in COVID variants, Kenney says
Premier Jason Kenney says his government won't impose new restrictions in Alberta despite a rising number of more contagious COVID-19 variant cases.The province recorded 871 new infections yesterday -...
Apr 1, 2021
Biden launches community corps to boost COVID vaccinations
WASHINGTON - Seeking to overcome vaccine hesitancy, the Biden administration on Thursday stepped up its outreach efforts to skeptical Americans, launching a coalition of community, religious and celeb...
Apr 1, 2021
Canadian RB Chuba Hubbard posts impressive 40-yard dash time at OSU Cowboys pro day
Canadian running back Chuba Hubbard raised eyebrows Thursday at Oklahoma State University's pro day. The native of Sherwood Park, Alta., posted a speedy 40-yard dash time of 4.36 seconds. Teams repres...
Apr 1, 2021
Canada's next federal election leaders' debates includes APTN as broadcast partner
OTTAWA - The commission overseeing leaders' debates during federal elections says Indigenous media outlet APTN will be one of the broadcast partners producing the next event. The Leaders' Debates Comm...
Apr 1, 2021
Staff shortage amid B.C.'s deadliest COVID-19 care home outbreak: report
VANCOUVER - An inspection of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak found staffing levels were low and cleaning was inadequate as the virus spread th...
Apr 1, 2021
Mets-Nats opener delayed after positive COVID test, tracing
WASHINGTON - The opening day baseball game between the Nationals and Mets was postponed hours before it was scheduled to begin Thursday night because of coronavirus concerns after one of Washington's ...
Apr 1, 2021