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Alberta to update immunization records to better respond to outbreaks
EDMONTON – Alberta is moving to bring in new rules to get a better handle on which children are immunized so that the province can better respond to outbreaks. The government has introduced a bi...
Nov 07, 2016
Alberta auditor general sharply criticizes aid program for severely handicapped
EDMONTON – Alberta’s auditor general says the government is failing severely handicapped people who cannot earn a living on their own. Auditor General Merwan Saher, in a new report, says t...
Nov 07, 2016
Canada's Max Parrot pushes snowboarding envelope in different direction
Quads and triples are sexy in snowboarding, but Maxence Parrot has landed an unprecedented double that could come in handy when Big Air makes its Winter Olympic debut in 2018. Fatigue was setting in f...
Nov 07, 2016
Members of group honouring FBI boss have longtime Trump ties
NEW YORK - FBI Director James Comey was honoured Monday night by a group whose board includes several people with longtime ties to Donald Trump, including the CEO of the National Enquirer and a convic...
Nov 07, 2016
Federal Court dismisses bid to stop feds revoking citizenship without a hearing
OTTAWA - A bid to stop the federal government from revoking Canadians’ citizenship without a hearing has failed. Federal Court Justice Russell Zinn has dismissed a case brought by the Canadian A...
Nov 07, 2016
Non-binding plebiscite in P.E.I. shows support for proportional representation
CHARLOTTETOWN - A non-binding plebiscite on electoral reform in Prince Edward Island has shown voters support a switch to a form of proportional representation. Mixed member proportional representatio...
Nov 07, 2016
Blue Jays extend qualifying offers to sluggers Bautista and Encarnacion
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays confirmed Monday that they have extended qualifying offers to sluggers Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion. Extending a qualifying offer - worth US$17.2 million - ensur...
Nov 07, 2016
Air Canada says in-flight crews can wear poppy pins for Remembrance Day
Air Canada says it has revised its uniform policy to make it clear that in-flight crews can wear poppy pins in honour of Remembrance Day. The airline says that while it has regulations on non-service ...
Nov 07, 2016
UFC strawweight champion Jedrzejczyk says Kowalkiewicz not at her level
TORONTO - Only a few dozen spectators took in the first bout between UFC strawweight champion Joanna Jedrzejczyk and Karolina Kowalkiewicz in their native Poland back in 2012. The stage will be much b...
Nov 07, 2016
Trudeau avoids buying the next round during tour of coast guard ship
VANCOUVER - Thirsty sailors hoping that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau could be coaxed into buying a round on Monday were left disappointed. During a tour of a coast guard icebreaker in Vancouver’...
Nov 07, 2016