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Alberta's top doctor apologizes for causing 'confusion, fear or anger' on COVID-19
CALGARY - Alberta's top doctor is apologizing for causing "confusion, fear or anger" after communicating the province's plan to eliminate remaining public health measures. In a column sent to various ...
Aug 04, 2021
Yukon lifts some COVID-19 restrictions as active cases decline
WHITEHORSE - The Yukon government has lifted a series of public health restrictions as active COVID-19 infections decline and the vaccination rate rises. Starting today, the territory says masks are n...
Aug 04, 2021
B.C. Lions already dealing with adversity heading into 2021 CFL season
The first CFL game of the year has yet to kick off but the B.C. Lions have already become accustomed to adapting on the fly. Smoke from nearby wildfires forced the team to curtail its training camp in...
Aug 04, 2021
CFL commissioner Ambrosie not closing the door on resumption of XFL partnership talks
The focus remains on the 2021 season but CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie hasn't closed the door on partnership talks with the XFL. Last month, the two leagues announced separately that negotiations ha...
Aug 04, 2021
Canadian Tajon Buchanan continues remarkable rise with MLS all-star selection
Canadian international Tajon Buchanan's remarkable rise continued Wednesday when he was named an MLS all-star. The 22-year-old winger from Brampton, Ont., who plays for the New England Revolution, was...
Aug 04, 2021
Border workers issue strike notice to government, job action to start Friday: union
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members will begin job action across the country on Friday. The Public Service Alliance of Canada and its Cust...
Aug 04, 2021
Injured vets filing claims faster than officials can process them despite extra staff
OTTAWA - New figures from Veterans Affairs Canada show that despite adding hundreds of staff, injured ex-soldiers are still submitting claims for disability benefits faster than officials are processi...
Aug 04, 2021
After long delay due to global pandemic, CFL finally set to resume playing football
Commissioner Randy Ambrosie and the CFL are finally back in the football business. The CFL kicks off the '21 season Thursday night, its first action since the 2019 Grey Cup game. The league cancelled ...
Aug 04, 2021
Nunavut community of Qikiqtarjuaq to get long-awaited deepwater port
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The Baffin Island community of Qikiqtarjuaq will see a deepwater port built in its community after decades of lobbying the federal government. Infrastructure minister Catherine McKe...
Aug 04, 2021
Manitoba minister says residential schools meant to eliminate Indigenous people
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba cabinet minister who once defended some of the intentions behind residential schools now says they were part of a genocide. Alan Lagimodiere says former prime minister John A. Ma...
Aug 04, 2021
