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Pandemic forced Trudeau back to centre stage, improved his political fortunes
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau always knew 2020 was going to be a difficult year, his first leading a minority Liberal government dependent on opposition party support for its survival. But that's turned out...
Dec 20, 2020
Emotional Dr. Theresa Tam very thankful for speed of COVID-19 vaccine delivery
OTTAWA - Canada's top public health officer has been a model of stoicism through the first year of COVID-19, but Dr. Theresa Tam still got a little choked up last week when the first Canadians were in...
Dec 20, 2020
Traditional knowledge at centre of efforts to protect land from shipwreck's fuel
BLIGH ISLAND - Not far from an oily sheen on the waters of British Columbia's Nootka Sound is a site that the Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation considers the centre of the world. Dorothy Hunt, who is p...
Dec 20, 2020
Dutch ban UK flights, fearing the new coronavirus variant
THE HAGUE, Netherlands - The Netherlands is banning flights from the U.K. for at least the rest of the year in an attempt to make sure that a new strain of coronavirus that is sweeping across southern...
Dec 20, 2020
AP source: Rose Bowl denied exemption to allow fans for CFP
The Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred fans to attend the College Football Playoff semifinal Jan. 1, putting the game staying in Pasadena in s...
Dec 19, 2020
Jamal Murray, Steven Stamkos win Sports Illustrated awards for Breakout and Best Play
Two Canadians were honoured at this year's Sports Illustrated Awards. Denver Nuggets guard Jamal Murray was named of the winner of the "Breakout of the Year" award, while Tampa Bay Lightning captain S...
Dec 19, 2020
Canada's Gillian (The Savage) Robertson loses by decision on UFC Fight Night card
LAS VEGAS - Brazilian flyweight Taila Santos, showing impressive grappling skills, won a unanimous decision Saturday over Canadian Gillian (The Savage) Robertson on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night ...
Dec 19, 2020
AP source: Rose Bowl denied exemption to allow fans for CFP
The Rose Bowl was denied a special exemption from the state of California to allow a few hundred fans to attend the College Football Playoff semifinal Jan. 1, putting the game staying in Pasadena in s...
Dec 19, 2020
CP NewsAlert: Canada passes 500,000 COVID-19 cases following Saskatchewan report
Canada has surpassed 500,000 cases of COVID-19 as infections continue to surge in several provinces.Saskatchewan pushed the country over the grim threshold today, with 252 new cases reported.Earlier i...
Dec 19, 2020
World junior hockey championship pre-tournament games reduced because of COVID-19
EDMONTON - Canada won't play Sweden in a pre-tournament game before the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton because of Sweden's extended quarantine. Exhibition games scheduled for Sunday and ...
Dec 19, 2020