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Canadian women's hockey team cautious after COVID cases, no more games until Beijing
CALGARY - Canada's women's hockey team won't play any more games before the Winter Olympics and will enter a bubble to ensure players can board a plane to Beijing in less than a month. The women have ...
Jan 04, 2022
Oilers captain McDavid tests positive for COVID-19, team awaiting more results
TORONTO - Edmonton captain Connor McDavid was held out of practice Tuesday after testing positive for COVID-19, leaving his availability for the Oilers' game Wednesday night in Toronto in dobut. The t...
Jan 04, 2022
Nearly 400 food hampers delivered in tri-communities before Christmas
Residents of the tri-communities shouldn't have gone hungry during the holidays due to numerous efforts during December.In all, more than 400 food hampers were distributed from multiple sources includ...
Jan 04, 2022
Being COVID conscious important as Omicron variant spreads, says U of S microbiologist
As the COVID-19 Omicron variant sinks its teeth into Saskatchewan, the head of clinical microbiology at Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon says the variant can spread much faster than previous one...
Jan 04, 2022
Armani cancels men's Milan show, Paris haute couture
ROME (AP) - Designer Giorgio Armani said Tuesday he was cancelling his Giorgio Armani and Emporio Armani men's fashion shows in Milan this month and his Prive haute couture show in Paris because of so...
Jan 04, 2022
Eriksen eyes comeback from cardiac arrest, targets World Cup
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) - Christian Eriksen is targeting a comeback from his cardiac arrest to play for Denmark in the World Cup in November. The 29-year-old Eriksen has not played since collapsing d...
Jan 04, 2022
Ottawa reveals details of child welfare agreement
The federal government has laid out the details of its $40-billion child-welfare settlement.On Tuesday, the government said it had reached an agreement in principle with the First Nations Child and Fa...
Jan 04, 2022
Recent positive COVID-19 tests have James, Radford unsure if they'll skate at trials
Recent positive COVID-19 tests could keep Vanessa James and Eric Radford out of Canadian figure skating's Olympic trials this week. Canada's top-ranked pair team this season revealed on a conference c...
Jan 04, 2022
Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard's sex assault trial postponed again due to COVID-19
TORONTO - Canadian musician Jacob Hoggard, the frontman for the band Hedley, has once again seen his sexual assault trial postponed as a result of COVID-19 restrictions. Hoggard was initially set to s...
Jan 04, 2022
Biden urges concern, not alarm as omicron surges
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden urged concern but not alarm Tuesday as the U.S. set new records for daily reported COVID-19 cases and his administration struggled to ease concerns about testing ...
Jan 04, 2022