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Nunavut offers fourth dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people 50 and up
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut residents age 50 years and up can now get a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The territory announced Tuesday that eligible people who have had their third dose at least ...
Apr 12, 2022
Foreign minister Joly begins Asia tour in Indonesia and Vietnam with call to Beijing
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly says Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue - helping end the Russian war on Ukraine. Joly tells The ...
Apr 12, 2022
Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal
OTTAWA - Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Board. Manning was an intelligence analyst in the United States military when she leaked hundred...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal housing budget a good start, more targeted support needed: Housing advocates
OTTAWA - Advocates say while the federal government's focus on housing affordability in the budget is promising, its measures could go further to help people in the most dire housing need. Emilie Coyl...
Apr 12, 2022
B.C. coroner wants 'urgent action' on safer drug supply six years into OD crisis
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's coroner says over 9,400 people in the province have died of an overdose from toxic illicit drugs since the government declared a public health emergency six years ago. L...
Apr 12, 2022
Ginsburg's art, fur coat, awards in auction to benefit opera
WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg so liked the caricature that accompanied an article about her that she got a copy from the artist and hung it in her Supreme Court office. That signed and...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Volunteer firefighters getting help from Saskatchewan government
Volunteer firefighters often are among the first to respond to crashes on Saskatchewan's roads.On Tuesday, the provincial government announced a program - the first of its kind in Canada, according to...
Apr 12, 2022
Federal department questioned quality of 2021 Indigenous census data, documents show
OTTAWA - Federal officials questioned the quality of the 2021 census data for Indigenous communities after collection efforts were hampered by factors including the discovery of unmarked residential s...
Apr 12, 2022
Broncos ready to go for semi-final do-or-die game five
The Humboldt Broncos continue their uphill climb Tuesday night at the Elgar Petersen Arena as they face the Flin Flon Bombers in game five of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL) semi-finals.W...
Apr 12, 2022