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Piwapan Women's Centre executive director Karen Sanderson wants tri-community residents to be aware of their surroundings, be careful and try to enjoy the holidays in a healthy way to stay safe. Durin...

Connor Hellebuyck isn't a fan of the NHL's latest move to combat the spread of COVID-19. The league pushed up the start of its traditional holiday schedule pause by 48 hours because of coronavirus con...

WASHINGTON - U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed...

PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut - Travel is restricted to a hamlet in Nunavut after two cases of COVID-19 were identified late yesterday. The Nunavut government says travel in or out of Pangnirtung, which is on ...

OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official is warning of fresh delays in the delivery of already overdue warships and other new equipment to the Canadian Armed Forces because of COVID-...

Five snowmobilers were rescued on the weekend amid bitterly cold temperatures. According to an RCMP media release, at approximately 8:30 a.m. on Dec. 18, La Ronge RCMP received a call that snowmobiler...

TORONTO - Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn have been added to the NBA's COVID-19 protocols by the Toronto Raptors. There are now five Raptors in league protocols. Gary Trent Jr. was added to Toronto's ...

OTTAWA - The federal Liberals have put the White House on notice that Canada will officially challenge the legality of an American decision to hike duties on softwood lumber heading south of the borde...

MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has paused all activities until Jan. 7. The league says the pause is necessary because of surging COVID-19 infection rates in Eastern Canada. Players w...

Ottawa 67's general manager James Boyd was bouncing potential coaching candidates off his longtime friend Dave Cameron when Boyd took a flyer. "All of a sudden I asked the question 'would you ever be ...