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Bo Levi Mitchell leads a Calgary Stampeders lineup with a lot of new faces
The Calgary Stampeders enter the CFL season with a healthy Bo Levi Mitchell, after taking time off during training camp to rest a sore groin, and a host of fresh faces. The first test of that new tale...
Aug 04, 2021
Liberals commit $96 million to Black community organizations: Hussen
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says the federal government is allocating up to $96 million in funding for Black community organizations. Speaking to reporters in Toronto today, Huss...
Aug 04, 2021
Indigenous minister worries lifting COVID-19 restrictions could bring fourth wave
WINNIPEG - Indigenous Services Minister Marc Miller says he is concerned provinces that are lifting COVID-19 restrictions could lead to a Delta-driven fourth wave among Indigenous people. Miller says ...
Aug 04, 2021
CFL brings in new COVID-19 protocols for cancelled games
The CFL is cracking down when it comes to low vaccination rates in the league.In a release on Tuesday, the league announced that if a COVID-19 outbreak lead to a cancelled game, the team that had the ...
Aug 04, 2021
Early, intense wildfire season makes Canada-U.S. resource-sharing impossible: Ottawa
WASHINGTON - The federal government says neither Canada nor the United States can lend each other any extra firefighters as they deal with one of the most severe wildfire seasons in recent memory. Las...
Aug 04, 2021
No COVID restrictions for Rider shuttles
As the Saskatchewan Roughriders take to the field for the first time in nearly two years and Mosaic Stadium will be able to be full for the first time in 16 months, those won't be the only things near...
Aug 04, 2021
No losses of public money according to provincial reports
The most recent quarterly reports on losses of public money have been released, showing no losses by the Ministry of Advanced Education and the Ministry of Health in the most recent fiscal quarter.The...
Aug 04, 2021
Quebec to create permanent unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight gun crime
MONTREAL - The Quebec government says it will create a mixed unit of provincial and Montreal police to fight a rise in gun violence in the province's biggest city. Genevive Guilbault told reporters to...
Aug 04, 2021
Search in Nova Scotia fails to find any unmarked graves linked to residential school
SHUBENACADIE, N.S. - A team of Nova Scotia researchers confirmed today they were unable to find any unmarked graves for students who died while attending the largest residential school in Atlantic Can...
Aug 04, 2021
10 cases of legionnaires' disease in Montreal, two people have died: public health
Montreal public health officials say they are investigating after two people died of legionnaires' disease in the eastern part of the city. The public health department says 10 cases of the disease, w...
Aug 04, 2021