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Canadian Seger finishes just off podium in super-G at world championships
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy - Canada's Brodie Seger finished a career-best fourth in the men's super-G at the alpine skiing world championships on Thursday. The top three faced some anxious moments when&...
Feb 11, 2021

Nunavut hunters agree to end protest at iron ore mine after offer of a meeting
Lawyers for Inuit hunters blocking an airstrip and road at an iron ore mine in Nunavut say the group will end its protest. The blockade started a week ago after seven hunters travelled two days and ov...
Feb 11, 2021

The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 11:15 a.m. New Brunswick is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 and one more COVID-related death. Chief medical officer of healt...
Feb 11, 2021

Cancelling school break, delayed election: Provinces mull ways to slow COVID spread
Newfoundland and Labrador's chief electoral officer is calling for the province's election to be delayed and Ontario officials are to decide whether to cancel March break as provinces mull ways to les...
Feb 11, 2021

Closing housing gap for urban Indigenous could cost $1.4 billion a year, PBO says
OTTAWA - A new report by the parliamentary budget officer says the federal government would have to spend about $1.4 billion more a year to close a housing gap facing urban Indigenous people. That cos...
Feb 11, 2021

York United's Dominick Zator hopes Swedish loan will lead to Canada recall
Dominick Zator hopes the road to the national team leads through Sweden. That's why the 26-year-old defender is wearing the colours of Vasalunds IF these days, on loan from York United FC ahead of the...
Feb 11, 2021

Conservative election campaign ads violated copyright, CBC says
TORONTO - The CBC says Conservative election campaign ads violated Canadian copyright laws. The public broadcaster says in court that the ads did not reflect CBC's balanced news coverage or fairly rep...
Feb 11, 2021

Winter Festival Art Show and Sale
The Winter Festival Art Show and Sale is the premier community art event of northern Saskatchewan. In this exhibition, hundreds of artworks by emerging and professional artists from across the provinc...
Feb 11, 2021

Ottawa announces $55 m in clean tech funding for 20 companies
OTTAWA - The federal government is announcing $55 million in funding to support Canada's clean tech sector. The money will go to 20 companies across the country. It will help fund research and develop...
Feb 11, 2021

Pandemic hits Paralympic sport hard, Canadians get few chances to compete
Mollie Jepsen feels a pang knowing the world alpine ski championships are underway in Italy. The world para snow sports championship would have also started this week in Lillehammer, Norway. Jepsen, a...
Feb 11, 2021