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Singh sets his sights on prairie Conservative-held seats hit hard by COVID-19
SASKATOON - Jagmeet Singh criticized the COVID-19 pandemic responses of Saskatchewan and Alberta's provincial governments as the federal NDP campaign focused on Conservative-held seats in the prairie ...
Sep 18, 2021
Search of shore and waters underway for two men missing off Labrador coast
MARY'S HARBOUR, N.L. - A search is underway for an overdue fishing vessel with two men on board that departed a small coastal community in Labrador on Friday morning. The nine-metre boat with two outb...
Sep 18, 2021
Edmonton Oilers re-sign forward Kailer Yamamoto to one-year contract
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have extended the contract of forward Kailer Yamamoto by a year. The Oilers and the 22-year-old from Spokane, Wash., agreed to a one-year deal worth $1.175 million. Yama...
Sep 18, 2021
US ramps up plan to expel Haitian migrants gathered in Texas
DEL RIO, Texas (AP) - U.S. officials said Saturday that within the next three days, they plan to ramp up expulsion flights for some of the thousands of Haitian migrants who have gathered in a Texas ci...
Sep 18, 2021
Vancouver Whitecaps want to get back to winning ways in MLS game against Colorado
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps must punch above their weight Sunday in Denver against the Colorado Rapids in a bid to climb into the Major League Soccer playoff picture. Vancouver (7-8-8) ended a...
Sep 18, 2021
N.S. premier tells people who protested at public health doctor's home to 'grow up'
HALIFAX - Nova Scotia's Progressive Conservative premier has asked people who protested proof-of-vaccination policies outside the home of the province's chief medical officer of health to consider act...
Sep 18, 2021
Pandemic federal election campaign produces little enthusiasm for any party
OTTAWA - A campaign that started with anger over Justin Trudeau's decision to call an election in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic is ending amid anger over conservative premiers' handling of the he...
Sep 18, 2021
Citing a fixture crunch, Canada opts to skip World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge
Citing a fixture crunch, Canada will skip next month's World Rugby Americas Pacific Challenge. The six-team competition, back after a pandemic-prompted hiatus, runs Oct. 22-30 in Montevideo, Uruguay, ...
Sep 18, 2021
Riders fans react to vaccine requirement; small group shows up to protest
For the first time, Saskatchewan Roughriders fans needed to prove they were vaccinated to get into Mosaic Stadium on Friday night.Many fans didn't seem to mind the new system at all.980 CJME went to t...
Sep 18, 2021
Coral reefs have lost half their ability to support human communities, study finds
A Canadian-led team of scientists has concluded that tropical coral reefs that feed millions around the world have lost about half their ability to support human communities since 1950. "I don't think...
Sep 18, 2021