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Staffing challenges from surging COVID cases affecting some police, transit service
Surging cases of COVID-19 driven by the rapidly transmissible Omicron variant are pushing the health-care system to the brink and putting pressure on some police and transit services. With 170 personn...
Jan 06, 2022
Man seeking RCMP files goes to court after national archives takes 80-year extension
OTTAWA - An Ottawa researcher is asking a judge to order Canada's national archives to speed up work on his request for old RCMP records after he was told to wait at least 80 years for a response. In ...
Jan 06, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Words – one in particular – we could do with less of in 2022
AMONG THE MANY LISTS we like to make at the turn of each year are those of popular new words. "Vax," for example, was declared the 2021 word of the year by the Oxford English Dictionary.While COVID-re...
Jan 06, 2022
Report says tax on $1M+ homes could be key to making housing more affordable
VANCOUVER - An annual surtax on houses valued over $1 million could help reduce housing inequality and cool housing markets, a report says. Paul Kershaw, founder of Generation Squeeze and author of th...
Jan 06, 2022
COVID staffing shortages, Omicron could boost waning immunity: In The News for Jan. 6
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 Dec. 6 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jan 06, 2022
U.S. attorney general on Jan. 6 riot: 'We will follow the facts, wherever they lead'
WASHINGTON - The highest-ranking law enforcement official in the United States is vowing to leave no stone unturned in the ongoing investigation into the Capitol Hill riots a year ago. Attorney Genera...
Jan 06, 2022
Omicron could boost waning immunity, shown in blood: Gov't COVID-19 advisers.
OTTAWA - Immunity against COVID-19 among vaccinated adult Canadians and those who have already contracted the virus has been waning throughout the population, tests on donated blood have found. Tests ...
Jan 06, 2022
Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a hotel room waiting for a court, dealing with the confronting prospect of an early departure from Australia. The 20-time major winner...
Jan 06, 2022
Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a hotel room waiting for a court, dealing with the confronting prospect of an early departure from Australia. The 20-time major winner...
Jan 06, 2022
Maple Leafs down undermanned Oilers 4-2 to send Edmonton to its 11th loss in 13 games
TORONTO - Ilya Mikheyev and the Toronto Maple Leafs added to the Edmonton Oilers' misery Wednesday night. Mikheyev scored on a third-period power play as Toronto defeated the undermanned Oilers 4-2 at...
Jan 05, 2022
