Murray Wood: When football is just a game
There is extra anticipation around the Roughriders' first-place showdown with the Elks tonight. Murray Wood says everyon...
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Correctional officers arrested in death of Indigenous man in N.L. jail: police
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Police say several correctional officers have been arrested in connection with the death of an Indigenous man in a Newfoundland and Labrador provincial jail - but they won't say how...
Dec 21, 2020
Ontario premier demands increased COVID-19 testing at airports as new variant emerges
OTTAWA - Ontario Premier Doug Ford blasted the federal government Monday for not moving faster on COVID-19 testing for incoming international travellers as a new variant prompted more border closures....
Dec 21, 2020
'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel
MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell."The 52-year-old Canadi...
Dec 21, 2020
'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel
MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell."The 52-year-old Canadi...
Dec 21, 2020
Biden's profoundly private Pentagon pick joins Twitter
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden's pick for defence secretary made his first foray into the world of Twitter on Monday, an uncharacteristic move for a retired general who studiously avoided the ...
Dec 21, 2020
Health Canada has final data needed from Moderna to make a decision on vaccine
OTTAWA - Health Canada says it will "soon" be ready to announce if it can authorize a second COVID-19 vaccine after receiving final documents from U.S. biotech firm Moderna over the weekend. Moderna's...
Dec 21, 2020
Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll
OTTAWA - A new poll has pulled back the curtains on the fear and anxiety that comes with contracting COVID-19, including widespread concern among those who have tested positive for the illness that th...
Dec 21, 2020
Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government has more than doubled previous funding commitments for Canada's largest national park to answer environmental concerns from Indigenous groups and a United Nations agenc...
Dec 21, 2020
Canadian submarine docked extra year due to leak found following errant test
OTTAWA - One of the Royal Canadian Navy's four beleaguered submarines will remain docked for repairs an extra year after a leak was discovered in a ballast tank that was not properly drained. The leak...
Dec 21, 2020
Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP
OTTAWA - The federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately, NDP health critic Don Davies says. Speaking to a virtual news conference...
Dec 21, 2020
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Sarah Mills: History revealed in Ireland could teach Canada a lesson
Infant bodies have been excavated from a mother-and-baby institution near Galway. Sarah Mills says it shows a difficult ...
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