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More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Dec 20, 2021
Midterms promise political headache for president, but possible reprieve for Canada
WASHINGTON - It's conventional political wisdom that's as old as the hills in the United States: the party that controls the White House seldom does well in the midterms. But Glenn Youngkin's convinci...
Dec 20, 2021
NBA postpones 5 more games; Young, Vogel enter protocols
The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to seven. Called...
Dec 19, 2021
Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, ...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Stastny scores two to lift Jets 4-2 over Blues, Winnipeg's last game for awhile
WINNIPEG - Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals to propel the Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and give interim Winnipeg head c...
Dec 19, 2021
Leftist millennial wins election as Chile's next president
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - A leftist millennial who rose to prominence during anti-government protests was elected Chile's next president Sunday after a bruising campaign against a free-market firebrand l...
Dec 19, 2021
Province reports 78 new cases of COVID-19, 576 active cases
The province is reporting 78 new cases of COVID-19 across Saskatchewan on Sunday.Seven of the new cases have been identified in northern Saskatchewan: Far North West (two) and North Central (seven).Th...
Dec 19, 2021
Federal government stays mum as Manchin says 'No' to Biden bill with EV tax credits
WASHINGTON - The Prime Minister's Office isn't saying anything about a key U.S. senator's decision to put President Joe Biden's controversial electric-vehicle incentives on ice. West Virginia Sen. Joe...
Dec 19, 2021