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CP NewsAlert: Feds commit another $2B to cut health backlogs caused by COVID-19
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says the federal government will commit another $2 billion as a one-time top-up to help provincial health systems work through their surgical and diagnostic b...
Mar 25, 2022

B.C. drivers getting one-time rebate to help with rising fuel prices
VICTORIA - Premier John Horgan says drivers in British Columbia will get a one-time relief rebate to help deal with the cost of rising gas prices caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Horgan says th...
Mar 25, 2022

After not playing in 2021, Tyrell Richards treating CFL combine as a 'job interview'
TORONTO - Tyrell Richards has a lot riding on the 2022 CFL combine. There certainly will be the weight of expectation on the former Syracuse linebacker, who was No. 4 in the CFL Scouting Bureau's Janu...
Mar 25, 2022

YouTube warns federal bill could hit digital creators' earnings from abroad
OTTAWA - YouTube says Canadian digital creators, including influencers, could lose foreign revenue if the government forces online platforms to promote Canadian content. The platform says proposed leg...
Mar 25, 2022

A bilateral data-sharing deal with U.S. better than status quo, says privacy watchdog
WASHINGTON - Canada's privacy watchdog is cautiously optimistic about the prospect of a bilateral deal with the United States to streamline cross-border access to data in criminal investigations. The ...
Mar 25, 2022

Cut it out: Ban on pruning elm trees set to take effect
It's nearly time for those with elm trees on their properties to put away the pruning shears.The Saskatchewan government says the annual ban on pruning elm trees in the province starts next Friday and...
Mar 25, 2022

WHO rejects Canadian-made COVID-19 vaccine from Medicago, with ties to big tobacco
OTTAWA - The World Health Organization has rejected Medicago's made-in-Canada COVID-19 vaccine, restricting the federal government's ability to donate those doses to countries in need. The federal gov...
Mar 25, 2022

N.S. fisherman trapped by Russian shelling as he attempts to ferry refugees to safety
HALIFAX - A Canadian lobster fisherman attempting to drive Ukrainian war refugees to safety says the Russian shelling of Chernihiv has trapped him in the city for three days as food and water supplies...
Mar 25, 2022

Quebec justice minister seeks answers on criminal trial that occurred with 'no trace'
MONTREAL - Quebec's justice minister says he's looking into a criminal trial in the province involving a police informant that took place entirely in secret and was kept off the official court docket....
Mar 25, 2022

Fire in Saudi city ahead of F1 race; Houthis claim attacks
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - A raging fire erupted Friday at an oil depot in the Saudi city of Jiddah ahead of an F1 race there, according to witnesses and video footage, with Yemen's Houthis re...
Mar 25, 2022