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Leafs' Tavares set to 'pay it forward' in new partnership with Special Olympics
TORONTO - John Tavares looks back fondly on the casual lunchtime chats and classroom visits where he would lend a hand with school work. And the ball hockey games. Oh, those ball hockey games. "They a...
Apr 23, 2021
PETERS: The week that was presented frustration, elation — and hope
ONE OF THE BENEFITS of commenting about the news on Friday is the perspective afforded by being able to look back on the week that was. And what a week this was. On Monday, the federal government brou...
Apr 23, 2021
Vaccinations appointments open for BC residents over 60; registration opens for everyone over 18
VICTORIA - Invitations are going out to more B.C. residents who are 60 and older, to set up appointments to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.The provincial government says more than 90,000 people are el...
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO - Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging c...
Apr 23, 2021
Tokyo under 'emergency orders' with Olympics 3 months away
TOKYO - Only three months before the postponed Olympics are set to open, Tokyo and Japan's second largest metropolitan area of Osaka have been placed under emergency orders aimed at stemming surging c...
Apr 23, 2021
No reason to fear doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine provided by U.S., Trudeau says
WASHINGTON - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canadians need not worry about doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine coming from the United States. Trudeau says Canada has been assured the doses bei...
Apr 23, 2021
Trudeau calls for culture of tolerance around sexual misconduct in military to end
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the culture of tolerance for sexual harassment and "unacceptable actions" in the Canadian Armed Forces needs to end. Trudeau says Defence Minister Harjit Sa...
Apr 23, 2021
Ceferin: Rebels clubs must reject Super League to avoid ban
The Spanish and Italian clubs still clinging to the Super League must disavow the breakaway or face being banned from the Champions League, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin told The Associated Press ...
Apr 23, 2021
Nunavut MP apologizes for comments about fellow politician's Inuk identity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The member of Parliament for Nunavut has apologized for comments she made demanding a fellow politician prove her Inuk identity. In a live Twitter video posted yesterday, NDP member...
Apr 23, 2021
Alberta to release update on coal survey; discuss consultation process
EDMONTON - The Alberta government says it will release an update today about a recently concluded online survey on coal mining in the Rocky Mountains. Energy Minister Sonya Savage will also discuss pl...
Apr 23, 2021
