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Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 05, 2022
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they are dealing with serious staff s...
Jan 05, 2022
Conservatives ask privacy czar to probe pandemic-related use of mobile location data
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is asking Canada's privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter t...
Jan 05, 2022
Gravel road accessing former landfill site closed
An access road linking Far Reserve to the former regional landfill has been closed.That's according to a Ministry of Government Relations spokesperson, who explained following major upgrades to the fa...
Jan 05, 2022
Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 05, 2022
US, Germany say Russia poses urgent challenge to stability
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Germany said Wednesday that Russia's military buildup near Ukraine's border poses an "immediate and urgent challenge" to European security and that any interven...
Jan 05, 2022
Air Transat to deny boarding to passengers from Sunwing party flight to Mexico
MONTREAL - Air Transat says passengers who were partying maskless on a recent Sunwing flight from Montreal to Mexico will not be allowed on its planes as they attempt to return to Canada. The airline ...
Jan 05, 2022
Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mo...
Jan 05, 2022
Oilers place captain McDavid in COVID-19 protocol ahead of game with Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Oilers announced that captain Connor McDavid, forward Derek Ryan and defenceman Tyson Barrie have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol hours before Edmonton was scheduled to face the Mapl...
Jan 05, 2022
Bob Bradley brings experience, enthusiasm and hope to Toronto FC
TORONTO - Bob Bradley wasted little time putting down roots after being named Toronto FC's head coach and sporting director. Officially hired Nov. 24, Bradley and Lindsay - his wife of 35 years - took...
Jan 05, 2022