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Canadian snowboarder Eliot Grondin wins bronze at world championship
IDRE FJLL, Sweden - Canada's Eliot Grondin has captured a bronze medal at the world snowboard cross championship. The 19-year-old from Sainte-Marie, Que., finished behind winner Lucas Eguibar of Spain...
Feb 11, 2021
Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week
OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets record for most over overdose deaths in a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020. Lisa L...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets record for most over overdose deaths in a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020. Lisa L...
Feb 11, 2021
NorthPaws add 5-pitch Canadian chucker
KAMLOOPS --- The Kamloops NorthPaws newest pitcher adds to the depth of Canadian talent on the 2021 roster. Tate Dearing, a 6'2" right-hander from Surrey, will bring his deceptive mix of pitches to th...
Feb 11, 2021
Feds roll out promised funding for LGBTQ groups to 76 organizations
OTTAWA - Seventy-six LGBTQ projects in Canada have received $15 million in federal money.The money follows up on a promise in the 2019 federal budget to set up a fund to encourage and support the deve...
Feb 11, 2021
Montreal mayor, police chief announce new anti-gun squad, following rise in violence
Montreal's mayor and its police chief are announcing a new team of investigators who will target weapon traffickers, following a rise in gun-related crime across parts of the city. The new police unit...
Feb 11, 2021
O'Toole pushes U.S. envoy to Canada to preserve Line 5, Keystone XL pipelines
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole urged the acting American ambassador to Canada to tell Washington to preserve the Line 5 pipeline to the United States. O'Toole told Katherine Brucker that he...
Feb 11, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays claim Dominican right-hander Joel Payamps off waivers
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Joel Payamps off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Shun Yamaguchi has been designated for assig...
Feb 11, 2021
Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings b...
Feb 11, 2021
