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Air quality advisory for northern Sask., summer storm hits southern Sask.
ality advisory has been issued for most of northern Saskatchewan.The advisory came into effect at around 7 a.m. on Monday as wildfire smoke creates poor air quality and less visibility."Individuals ma...
Jul 12, 2021
Carolyn Rogers named new senior deputy at Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is naming Carolyn Rogers as its new senior deputy governor. Rogers is a former assistant superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. She h...
Jul 12, 2021
Canada to donate 17.7M doses of AstraZeneca and raise money for global vaccination
OTTAWA - The federal government is donating 17.7 million doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine and is asking Canadians to give their own money to help other countries get needles into arms. Procurem...
Jul 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 114 new COVID-19 cases today and no deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health officials...
Jul 12, 2021
Ottawa adds national security risk assessments to federal research funding
OTTAWA - The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says ...
Jul 12, 2021
Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker's request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President J...
Jul 12, 2021
Coronavirus infects vaccinated leader at Florida condo site
MIAMI (AP) - A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested p...
Jul 12, 2021
UK's Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week's time while urging people to remain cautious a...
Jul 12, 2021
Former CFL quarterback Allen to join Raiders' coaching staff as part of Walsh program
Damon Allen will work with the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. It's the same program former CFL quarterback Henry Burris partic...
Jul 12, 2021
Ex-NBC analyst Pierre McGuire joins Senators front office
Longtime television analyst Pierre McGuire is returning to an NHL front office as senior vice president of player development for the Ottawa Senators. The club announced McGuire's appointment Monday, ...
Jul 12, 2021