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Attack on Saudi oil site fuels upward march for crude prices
BANGKOK - Oil prices remained elevated Monday as Saudi Arabian oil facilities were targeted by drone strikes just days after the largest crude exporting nations in the world said they would not increa...
Mar 08, 2021
Commons committee expands probe to include allegations against current defence chief
OTTAWA - Members of the House of Commons defence committee have agreed to invite several senior Liberal government officials to testify as part an expanded probe into allegations of misconduct against...
Mar 08, 2021
Pfizer first expected vaccine wouldn't be approved in Canada until February
OTTAWA - The president of Pfizer Canada says when the company signed a purchase agreement last August it didn't expect its vaccine to get approved here until February. Cole Pinnow also told the House ...
Mar 08, 2021
The Naked Cowboy arrested while performing at Bike Week
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. - A Times Square performer known as the Naked Cowboy was arrested on a misdemeanour charge of resisting arrest without violence and cited for panhandling while working a gig at Bik...
Mar 08, 2021
Toronto Raptors using all-female broadcast crew for televised game later this month
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors will have women in every on-air role on a televised game later this month. The NBA team made the announcement on International Women's Day. Meghan McPeak will have the pl...
Mar 08, 2021
Restrictions easing in some provinces as U.S. issues advice to those fully vaccinated
Restrictions meant to stem the spread of COVID-19 are easing in parts of Ontario and Quebec, as well as all of New Brunswick. Ontario is lifting stay-at-home orders today in Toronto, Peel Region and N...
Mar 08, 2021
Rolling back progress for women should not be COVID-19's legacy: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the legacy of the COVID-19 pandemic should not be rolling back progress Canadian women made before the crisis. Speaking at a virtual Daughters of the Vote e...
Mar 08, 2021
MPs vote to issue summons for Kielburger brothers to testify at ethics committee
OTTAWA - Members of the House of Commons ethics committee have unanimously voted to summon WE Charity co-founders Craig and Marc Kielburger to testify. Last week, they declined requests to do so, a fa...
Mar 08, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for March 8
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern):11:45 a.m.Ontario is reporting 1,631 new cases of COVID-19 and 10 more deaths today.The province says the daily case count is hig...
Mar 08, 2021
Former Mission teacher and ex-CFL star, now living in Kamloops, charged with sexual assault
MISSION, B.C. - RCMP in the Fraser Valley are appealing for more information or possible victims of a former B.C. teacher and CFL kicker accused of a historical sexual assault.Donald Alan Sweet, who t...
Mar 08, 2021
