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CRA estimates 30,000 self-employed people may not have to repay CERB
OTTAWA - The Canada Revenue Agency says thousands of self-employed workers who received emergency benefits last year won't have to repay any of it, as long as they meet certain conditions.For anyone w...
May 27, 2021

California to offer $116M in coronavirus vaccine prize money
LOS ANGELES (AP) - California is giving away the country's largest pot of vaccine prize money, $116.5 million, in an attempt to get millions more inoculated before the most populous U.S. state fully r...
May 27, 2021

Quebec partially reopens major bridge in Montreal closed last week for safety reasons
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says a major Montreal bridge closed last week for safety reasons will be gradually reopened to traffic starting Friday. The le-aux-Tourtes bridge, one of the main brid...
May 27, 2021

Canadian makes NFL history, landing executive job with Eagles
PHILADELPHIA - Canada's Catherine Raiche has become the highest-ranking woman in personnel in NFL history after receiving a promotion from the Philadelphia Eagles. Raiche was named vice president of f...
May 27, 2021

Wayne Gretzky rookie card sells for US$3.75 million, smashing record
DALLAS - An American auction company says it has shattered its own record on the sale of a Wayne Gretzky rookie card. Heritage Auctions says it has sold a 1979 O-Pee-Chee Gretzky rookie card to an ano...
May 27, 2021

118 new cases and six deaths reported in province today
The provincial government reported 118 new cases of COVID-19 and 216 recoveries in Saskatchewan today, bringing the provincial total to 46,163 cases; 44,031 recoveries and 1,442 cases are considered a...
May 27, 2021

World body says Canadian beef officially poses 'negligible risk' for mad cow disease
WASHINGTON - An international animal-health watchdog has officially declared Canadian beef as posing "negligible risk" for mad cow disease. The designation, which is the most preferred category, was a...
May 27, 2021

NDP team up with Liberals, promising to get its net-zero climate bill into the Senate
OTTAWA - Federal New Democrats are ensuring the survival of a key piece of Liberal legislation aimed at keeping Canada accountable to its target of achieving net-zero carbon-related emissions by mid-c...
May 27, 2021

Blue Jays select right-hander Alek Manoah to roster ahead of start in New York
NEW YORK - The Toronto Blue Jays selected pitcher Alek Manoah to the active roster ahead of his start against the New York Yankees on Thursday afternoon. Manoah, a six-foot-six 260-pound right-hander,...
May 27, 2021

Canadian Olympic track and field trials get green light in Montreal
MONTREAL - Athletics Canada says it has approval from provincial and municipal health authorities to stage the Olympic and Paralympic Trials next month at Montreal's Claude Robillard Sports Complex. T...
May 27, 2021