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COVID-19 outbreak puts Canmore Nordic Centre skiers in quarantine
CANMORE, Alta. - An outbreak of 11 confirmed cases of COVID-19 has occurred at the Nordic Centre in Canmore, Alta. The Canmore Nordic Centre is the headquarters of Canada's cross-country ski and biath...
Nov 18, 2020
Tories disappointed by Scheer's decision to hire family as they call for better rules
OTTAWA - Conservative MPs vented some disappointment in their former leader - and current caucus colleague - Andrew Scheer Wednesday after revelations he twice hired family members to work in his offi...
Nov 18, 2020
Parliament passes Tory motion to demand government decision on Huawei, 5G
OTTAWA - A united federal opposition has supported a Conservative motion to insist the Liberal government take a harder line against what it says are national-security threats from China. The motion, ...
Nov 18, 2020
Wright hoping to follow hockey royalty by making Canada's world junior team at age 16
Shane Wright is well aware of the names to come before him. Wayne Gretzky, Sidney Crosby and Connor McDavid are among the 16 year olds to suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Wr...
Nov 18, 2020
'Tired to the bone': Hospitals overwhelmed with virus cases
Overwhelmed hospitals are converting chapels, cafeterias, waiting rooms, hallways, even a parking garage into patient treatment areas. Staff members are desperately calling around to other medical cen...
Nov 18, 2020
Building permits up in Melfort, even amid COVID-19 pandemic
Even amid a global pandemic, building permits are up in 2020 in the City of Melfort.The city presented council its building permit report to the end of October at Monday's regular meeting. The numbers...
Nov 18, 2020
Milanovich reunites briefly with former assistant coaches OShea, Steinauer
It was virtually and for roughly 35 minutes, but the gang was back together again. Scott Milanovich, Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer opened the Grey Cup Unite coaches availability Wednesday. The CFL...
Nov 18, 2020
Potential vaccine news brightens dark day marked by rising COVID-19 cases, deaths
Ontario's health minister on Wednesday suggested Canada could start receiving millions of doses of COVID-19 as soon as January, providing a glimmer of hope on an otherwise dark day marked by rising ca...
Nov 18, 2020
Saskatchewan Wildlife Federation investigating shooting of livestock
Warning: This article contains a photo of a graphic image.Saskatchewan has been experiencing an upward trend in the criminal shooting of livestock throughout this year.Due to an abundance of reported ...
Nov 18, 2020
Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine candidate one step closer to approval
One of the vaccines in Canada's COVID-19 arsenal is another step closer to approval, after Pfizer reported more results from its clinical trials Wednesday. The company said new test results show its c...
Nov 18, 2020