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Canada bans travellers from southern Africa due to new variant
With a new COVID-19 variant of concern on the rise, Canada is banning visitors who travelled through southern Africa.During a media conference Friday, Transport Minister Omar Alghabra announced the ba...
Nov 26, 2021
Taking time to care for yourself this holiday season
It's not just the cold weather making people blue across the northeast this holiday season. With people experiencing increased levels of anxiety and depression around the holidays, North East Outreach...
Nov 26, 2021
Police make second arrest in fatal stabbing of Montreal teen outside school
Montreal police say they've arrested a second person in the stabbing death of 16-year-old Jannai Dopwell-Bailey. The suspect, identified by police as Andrei Donet, 18, appeared in court today on sever...
Nov 26, 2021
Bullets flew past work stations at RCMP detachment in B.C.: senior officer
VANDERHOOF, B.C. - A senior RCMP officer says Mounties and office staff dived for cover on Thursday in Vanderhoof, B.C., as bullets smashed through their detachment office windows. Chief Supt. Warren ...
Nov 26, 2021
Saskatchewan coach Dickenson still unsure who'll back up Fajardo in West semifinal
REGINA - Craig Dickenson knows who his starter will be for the West Division semifinal Sunday, but the Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach will need a bit more time to determine who'll back up Cody Fa...
Nov 26, 2021
Gen. Wayne Eyre felt need to respond to predecessor's letter to senior officers
OTTAWA - Canada's newly minted chief of the defence staff says he felt he needed to speak up and remind senior military officers who they work for after his predecessor sent them a letter arguing to g...
Nov 26, 2021
Racing helmet labour of love for Canadian ski racer Brodie Seger
LAKE LOUISE, Alta. - Brodie Seger had to wait another day to debut a race helmet that means a lot to him. Friday's cancellation of the first of two World Cup men's downhills in Lake Louise, Alta., bec...
Nov 26, 2021
Canadian teams combine for just one win on Day 1 of Dubai rugby sevens
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - A young Canadian men's side suffered three losses Friday at the Dubai Sevens, the opening event of the 2022 HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. The Canadians lost 35-19 to Au...
Nov 26, 2021
Sadovsky, Fournier Beaudry, Sorensen in medal hunt at figure skating's Rostelecom Cup
SOCHI, Russia - Canadian men's competitor Roman Sadovsky and ice dancers Laurence Fournier Beaudry and Nikolaj Sorensen are both in third place after Friday's short programs at the Rostelecom Cup figu...
Nov 26, 2021
Indigenous leaders denounce Quebec Premier Legault as 'paternalistic,' 'arrogant'
MONTREAL - Quebec Indigenous leaders are denouncing Premier Franois Legault for his decision not to meet with them during a two-day event called the Grand Economic Circle of Indigenous People and Queb...
Nov 26, 2021