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EV rebate program topped up with $73 million in fall economic update
OTTAWA - Transport Canada is topping up its electric vehicle rebate program so there is enough money to cover demand until the program gets retooled in the spring. The fall economic statement this wee...
Dec 16, 2021
BORA requests $6,500 for winter trail grooming
La Ronge council has decided to defer a $6,500 winter trail grooming proposal until the 2022 budget.A letter from Boreal Outdoor Recreation Association (BORA) board member Matt Preston requested the f...
Dec 16, 2021
NewsAlert: Canadiens-Flyers to be played without fans at the Bell Centre due to COVID
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers will play in an empty Bell Centre on Thursday night. The Canadiens announced about two hours before puck drop Quebec public health officials h...
Dec 16, 2021
Leafs, Raptors to prioritize season ticket holders with capacity cut to 50 per cent
TORONTO - Tom McDonald didn't get much sleep Wednesday night. In the hours after the Ontario government announced capacity at sports venues will be capped at 50 per cent in response to the latest wave...
Dec 16, 2021
Cree "Hockey Night in Canada" can help save language: broadcaster
Calling NHL games in Cree is more than a dream come true for broadcaster Clarence Iron - it's also a way to help preserve his language. The 60-year-old broadcaster from Canoe Lake Cree Nation in north...
Dec 16, 2021
Man shot by RCMP under court orders not to be in the community
A man who was shot this week by members of the RCMP at Montreal Lake Cree Nation (MLCN) and later died in hospital should never have been in the community in the first place according to court records...
Dec 16, 2021
Watchdog opens investigation after man fatally shot by Montreal police
MONTREAL - Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after a man was killed by Montreal police today in the city's Lachine borough. The Bureau des enqutes indpendantes, also known as the BEI, says the...
Dec 16, 2021
Western Canada's 'heat dome' named top weather story of 2021
Dave Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, has been compiling a Top 10 list of Canada's weather events for more than two decades. Here are his picks for 2021:1. Heat dome in Western ...
Dec 16, 2021
Officials: Astroworld victims died from compression asphyxia
HOUSTON (AP) - The 10 people who lost their lives in a massive crowd surge at the Astroworld music festival in Houston died from compression asphyxia, officials announced Thursday. Medical examiners w...
Dec 16, 2021
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada has recorded its 30,000th COVID-19 death since the pandemic began in early 2020, passing the grim milestone just as the country braces for the po...
Dec 16, 2021