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Indigenous services minister says Quebec premier should show 'humanity' to homeless
OTTAWA - Federal Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller is criticizing the Quebec premier's refusal to exempt homeless people from the provincewide curfew. Miller reacted today to the recent death o...
Jan 20, 2021

For a splintered nation, a delicate moment of continuity
When it gazes into the mirror, the United States does not generally see a land of process and procedure. It sees what it has wanted to see since the beginning - a place of action and results and volum...
Jan 20, 2021

Students at VP Kamala Harris's Montreal alma mater say her rise serves as inspiration
MONTREAL - Students at Montreal's Westmount High School spent Wednesday morning watching a former graduate ascend to one of the highest political offices in the world, with Kamala Harris's new post as...
Jan 20, 2021

Trump's pardon largesse a boon for well-connected fraudsters
WASHINGTON - A former congressman who pocketed millions of dollars in bribes from defence contractors. A Republican fundraiser who paid handsome sums to illicitly lobby a presidential administration. ...
Jan 20, 2021

Riders extend Jordan Williams-Lambert’s contract through 2021
The Saskatchewan Roughriders now have their talented trio of receivers from 2018 locked up for 2021.The CFL team announced Wednesday it had signed slotback Jordan Williams-Lambert to a one-year contra...
Jan 20, 2021

Province records 234 new COVID-19 cases, 2,658 vaccinations
Yesterday, the province administered 2,658 COVID-19 vaccines, bringing the total amount administered to 27,233.In the northern zones, there were 460 doses administered in the North Central, 348 in the...
Jan 20, 2021

Jonathan Osorio upbeat about what lies ahead for Canadian men's soccer team
Much has changed since Toronto FC midfielder Jonathan Osorio first attended a Canadian national team camp in March 2013. All for the good. The 28-year-old Osorio, who has won 34 caps for Canada, paint...
Jan 20, 2021

Iowa offensive lineman Alaric Jackson remains top-ranked prospect for 2021 CFL draft
They haven't played football since 2019, but Calgary offensive lineman Logan Bandy and Saskatchewan defensive back Nelson Lokombo are still garnering attention. Bandy, a six-foot-five, 285-pound Calga...
Jan 20, 2021

Football great Brian Urlacher's brother pardoned by Trump
CHICAGO - The brother of Chicago Bears Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher has been pardoned of federal charges that he recruited for a multimillion-dollar illegal offshore gambling ring, Casey Url...
Jan 20, 2021

Vaccine myths running rampant online among all age groups, Ontario docs say
OTTAWA - The head of the Ontario Medical Association says dangerous misinformation about COVID-19 vaccines is spreading on social media among all age groups. The association's analysis of more than 65...
Jan 20, 2021