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Conservatives push feds to ensure Canadians who got mixed vaccines can travel abroad
OTTAWA - The federal Conservatives are urging the Liberal government to do more to ensure that Canadians who received two different doses of COVID-19 vaccines are able to travel internationally. Tory ...
Jul 29, 2021
Michèle Audette, commissioner of MMIWG inquiry, among five named to Senate
OTTAWA - Michle Audette, one of the commissioners for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, is among the five newest members of the Senate.Audette was named as a s...
Jul 29, 2021
Congress poised to pass Capitol security money, Afghan aid
WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is expected to pass emergency legislation Thursday that would bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and increase the...
Jul 29, 2021
Province reports 26 new cases of COVID-19 in northern zones; 52 total across the province
The Saskatchewan government is reporting 52 new cases of COVID-19 across the province today as well as 16 recoveries from the virus. This brings the provincial total to 49,882 cases; 48,892 total reco...
Jul 29, 2021
Tons of rock break off Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., possibly due to heat
SQUAMISH, B.C. - Numerous rock climbing routes on the renowned Grand Wall of the Stawamus Chief in Squamish, B.C., are closed after a large slab broke off. The society that supports rock climbing in t...
Jul 29, 2021
New Brunswick to lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but experts warn of relapse
HALIFAX - As New Brunswick prepares to drop virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions Friday night, some infectious disease experts are warning the province should prepare for a surge in cases this f...
Jul 29, 2021
Border workers' union, employers to return to bargaining table after strike threat
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this w...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
British Canadians frustrated by exclusion from U.K.'s new quarantine exemptions
OTTAWA - Many British Canadians are frustrated after being snubbed by a new plan to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland. The United Kingdom countries announced Wednesday tha...
Jul 29, 2021