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Two-sport Canadian Olympian Seyi Smith running for IOC athletes' commission
OTTAWA - Two-sport Canadian Olympian Seyi Smith is running for a spot on the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission. All international athletes competing in the upcoming Winter Olympic...
Jan 12, 2022
Women's shelters facing staff shortages amid COVID, high rates of gendered violence
OTTAWA - Women's shelter workers are feeling even more pressure as the latest COVID-19 wave hits Canada, fuelled by the highly transmissible Omicron variant. Lise Martin, executive director of Women's...
Jan 12, 2022
Military struggling with shortage of medical personnel as provinces look for help
OTTAWA - The Canadian Armed Forces says its medical personnel are being stretched to the limit during the pandemic, suggesting it has little to offer provincial health care systems overwhelmed by the ...
Jan 12, 2022
Provincial police identify father, two kids as victims of Quebec house explosion
SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec provincial police have identified a father and his two young children as the victims of a house explosion on Monday in Saguenay, Que. Police said earlier this week at least two...
Jan 12, 2022
Highland Valley workers issue strike notice
KAMLOOPS - Unionized workers at the Highland Valley Copper mine west of Logan Lake, could walk off the job as early as Sunday.The United Steel Workers Union - Local 7619, issued strike notice to Teck ...
Jan 12, 2022
ROTHENBURGER: Protest, sure, but anti-vaxxers need to let others shop in peace
THE ANTI-VAXXERS were at it again this week, descending on the Real Canadian Superstore for what they call a relaxed, maskless shopping experience. RCMP showed up, ticketed 43 of them and arrested fiv...
Jan 12, 2022
Large explosion outside Mogadishu airport, at least 8 killed
MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) - A large explosion outside the international airport in Somalia's capital killed at least eight people and wounded nine others on Wednesday, a local doctor said. Dr. Abdulkadi...
Jan 12, 2022
National standards for long-term care must balance safety, quality of life
OTTAWA - The expert spearheading new draft national standards for long-term care says they must strike a difficult balance between residents' safety and their quality of life. The pandemic devastated ...
Jan 12, 2022
Correctional Service settles human rights case for prisoners addicted to opioids
VANCOUVER - The federal prison service says it is making several changes to help prisoners addicted to opioids, including getting them faster access to treatment by eliminating a waiting list that is ...
Jan 12, 2022
Radiologists warn of growing backlog in medical imaging due to COVID-19 pandemic
Radiologists are warning that Canadian hospitals are in serious need of more equipment and staff to deal with medical imaging backlogs that the country was already facing before the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Jan 12, 2022
