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Quebec Premier François Legault commits to adding 37,000 daycare spots by 2025
Quebec Premier Franois Legault is committing to adding 37,000 more daycare spots in the province by 2025 in order to ensure any family that needs a place can get one. Legault's government today tabled...
Oct 21, 2021

Entirely Indigenous-designed jerseys at University of Northern B.C. a Canadian first
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The University of Northern British Columbia says it has became the first college or university athletic program in Canada to unveil an alternate logo and jersey designed complete...
Oct 21, 2021

Ontario doctor puzzled after Sask. cancels transfer of ICU patients
An Ontario-based critical care doctor was surprised Wednesday when he learned his hospital would no longer be receiving ICU patients from Saskatchewan.Dr. Michael Warner was anticipating getting an IC...
Oct 21, 2021

Entirely Indigenous-designed jerseys at University of Northern B.C. a Canadian first
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - The University of Northern British Columbia says it has became the first college or university athletic program in Canada to unveil an alternate logo and jersey designed complete...
Oct 21, 2021

Q&A: What you need to know about the national proof-of-vaccine document
OTTAWA - All provinces and territories have agreed to conform their proof-of-vaccine documents, or COVID-19 vaccine passports, to a national standard so that they can be used for international and dom...
Oct 21, 2021

Jets centre Mark Scheifele in NHL's COVID-19 protocol, joins captain Blake Wheeler
Winnipeg Jets centre Mark Scheifele has been placed into the NHL's COVID-19 protocol, the team announced Thursday. The 28-year-old tested positive for the coronavirus Wednesday morning, but is asympto...
Oct 21, 2021

CFL says eight franchises have met 85 per cent full vaccinated threshold for COVID-19
TORONTO - The CFL announced Thursday eight of its nine teams have met the 85 per cent full vaccinated threshold for COVID-19. There was no immediate indication regarding the one team yet to reach the ...
Oct 21, 2021

Canada's unfair extradition system needs major reform: legal and human rights experts
OTTAWA - Canada's extradition laws need a thorough overhaul to ensure fairness, transparency, and a balance between administrative efficiency and constitutional protections, say legal and human rights...
Oct 21, 2021

Haiti gang leader threatens to kill kidnapped missionaries
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The leader of the 400 Mawozo gang that police say is holding 17 members of a kidnapped missionary group is seen in a video released Thursday saying he will kill them if he...
Oct 21, 2021

Teepee stolen from La Ronge's Churchill Community High School
A teepee was stolen overnight from the Churchill Community High School grounds in La Ronge. It was erected on Wednesday as community school coordinator Tanner Tinker had planned to use it for cultural...
Oct 21, 2021