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Canada's extends anti-Islamic State mission in Iraq to 2023
OTTAWA - Canada is extending its military mission in Iraq and the Middle East. Defence Minister Anita Anand announced the 12-month extension today, just hours before the current mandate was set to exp...
Mar 31, 2022
Government tells arts bodies to suspend cultural events funded by Russian state
OTTAWA - Pablo Rodriguez is asking arts bodies that get Canadian government funding to suspend all cultural activity involving Russians linked to Putin's regime. In response to Putin's invasion of Ukr...
Mar 31, 2022
Judge rejects New York's redistricting plan, orders new maps
NEW YORK (AP) - A judge has ordered New York's Democrat-controlled Legislature to redraw the state's congressional and legislative districts after finding they were unconstitutional. Judge Patrick McA...
Mar 31, 2022
RCMP officer hesitated after speeding by N.S. mass shooter on second day of killings
HALIFAX - In the seconds after a Mountie sped past a gunman wanted for a murderous rampage in Nova Scotia two years ago, the officer hesitated about whether to give chase, and by the time he did the s...
Mar 31, 2022
NACI guidance on fourth dose of COVID vaccine expected soon: PHAC
TORONTO - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is expected to release guidance on fourth doses of COVID-19 vaccine in early April as public health indicators tick up across Canada. That's s...
Mar 31, 2022
Residents maintaining testing numbers, new COVID cases higher than last week, 20 deaths reported
Another 1,196 new cases were confirmed last week by the Ministry of Health's COVID-19 integrated epidemiology (epi) report release today.The number of new laboratory-confirmed cases was about 34 per c...
Mar 31, 2022
Northwest Territories to drop COVID-19 mask mandate, isolation measures Friday
YELLOWKNIFE - The Northwest Territories says it will end all of its COVID-19 public health measures Friday, including mandatory isolation for people who test positive for the virus. In a news release,...
Mar 31, 2022
Washington OKs 1st statewide missing Indigenous people alert
Washington Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday signed into law a bill that creates a first-in-the-nation statewide alert system for missing Indigenous people. The law creates a system similar to Amber Alerts ...
Mar 31, 2022
Herdman realistic about Canada's chance at World Cup but says 'anything's possible"
After surviving and surprising on a marathon 20-game World Cup qualifying journey, Canada will learn Friday what awaits this November in Qatar. Whoever they face from Friday's draw in Doha, the Canadi...
Mar 31, 2022
Canadian golfer Corey Conners riding high in March as he returns to Texas Open
Once again, Canada's Corey Conners is rounding into midseason form in March. Conners shot up nine spots to No. 32 on the world golf rankings, matching his personal best, after beating former world No....
Mar 31, 2022