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Canadian Civil Liberties Association calls COVID tax constitutionally vulnerable
With COVID-19 cases putting Canada's hospitals at or near capacity, Quebec's unprecedented plan to tax adult residents who refuse to be vaccinated is coming under fire. The Canadian Civil Liberties As...
Jan 12, 2022
Quebec no-vax tax, improved addictions services for inmates: In The News for Jan. 12
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 12 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Jan 12, 2022
Raptors' six-game winning streak ends with 99-95 loss to Phoenix Suns
TORONTO - It took a good game by one of the league's best teams, playing at full strength, to end Toronto's six-game winning streak. And that had the Raptors looking at the positives on Tuesday. OG An...
Jan 12, 2022
Nylander lifts Maple Leafs past Golden Knights, 4-3 in SO
LAS VEGAS (AP) - William Nylander scored in regulation and got the winner in a shootout as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-3 on Tuesday night. Auston Matthews and Ilya Mikheyev...
Jan 12, 2022
Reinhart, Panthers hand Canucks' Boudreau first non-OT loss
SUNRISE, Fla.- (AP) - Sam Reinhart had two goals and an assist and the Florida Panthers handed Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau his first regulation loss in 10 games with a 5-2 victory Tuesday n...
Jan 11, 2022
QMJHL cancels Maritimes prospect event due to concerns over COVID-19
MONTREAL - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has cancelled a Maritimes-based prospects event, citing concerns over COVID-19. The second leg of the QMJHL Cup was scheduled to be held Feb. 3-6 in Da...
Jan 11, 2022
Democrat to replace Hastings in vacant Florida US House seat
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) - Health care CEO Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick was elected to fill the seat of late Democratic Florida U.S. Rep. Alcee Hastings on Tuesday, boosting the Democrats' slim majority i...
Jan 11, 2022
15 per cent of drivers could be lost to new border vaccine requirements: Sask. Trucking
By the end of the week, truckers crossing the border from the United States into Canada will need to be fully vaccinated.Susan Ewart with the Saskatchewan Trucking Association told 650 CKOM's Brent Lo...
Jan 11, 2022
Dolly Parton's Imagination Library helping children in the northeast
Nipawin and Area Early Years Family Resource Centre and the Nipawin Kinsmen are bringing Dolly Parton's Imagination Library to the northeast. The two groups announced their partnership on Jan 5 and ca...
Jan 11, 2022
Don Sutherin, 4-time Grey Cup champ and Canadian Football Hall of Famer, dead at 85
Don Sutherin, who led Ohio State to a national championship before winning seven Grey Cup titles over a Hall of Fame career as a CFL player and coach, has died. He was 85. The cause of death wasn't im...
Jan 11, 2022