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'A bombshell': Canadians stuck in U.K. face uncertainty after Canada shuts air travel
MONTREAL - Mark Sultana says Canada's decision to halt most air travel from the United Kingdom, where a mutated strain of COVID-19 has been discovered, landed "like a bombshell." The 52-year-old Canad...
Dec 21, 2020
Biden's profoundly private Pentagon pick joins Twitter
WASHINGTON - President-elect Joe Biden's pick for defence secretary made his first foray into the world of Twitter on Monday, an uncharacteristic move for a retired general who studiously avoided the ...
Dec 21, 2020
Many Canadians who contracted COVID-19 worried about dying: Poll
OTTAWA - New polling suggests many Canadians who have contracted COVID-19 worried they would die from the illness.The survey by Lger and the Association for Canadian Studies found that 35 per cent - o...
Dec 21, 2020
Federal government announces funding to restore Wood Buffalo National Park
OTTAWA - The federal government says it will provide $60 million over three years to restore the environment of Canada's largest national park. Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says the money w...
Dec 21, 2020
Garneau directs CTA to develop new rules for flight cancellation refunds
Federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau is directing the Canadian Transportation Agency to strengthen rules that require airlines to refund passengers for cancelled flights. In a statement Monday, Gar...
Dec 21, 2020
Feds should detail vaccination plan for Indigenous communities: NDP
OTTAWA - NDP health critic Don Davies says the federal government should come up with a plan to roll COVID-19 vaccines out in Indigenous communities immediately. Speaking to a virtual news conference ...
Dec 21, 2020
Canadian navy submarine docked extra year after leak found in main ballast tank
OTTAWA - One of the Royal Canadian Navy's beleaguered submarines is remaining in dock an extra year due to a leak in its main ballast tank, which is used to control whether it goes up or down in the w...
Dec 21, 2020
Canadian Vasek Pospisil wins year-end comeback player of the year award
Canada's Vasek Pospisil has been named the ATP Tour's comeback player of the year. Pospisil, from Vancouver, reached two tournament finals during the abbreviated 2020 season after undergoing back surg...
Dec 21, 2020
COVID 19 Outbreak at Retirement residence
Medicine Hat--An outbreak of COVID 19 has been confirmed at Meadowlands.According to a letter dated December 19th, there has been one resident with a confirmed case of the virus.Residents that were co...
Dec 21, 2020
AG: 'No reason' for special counsel on election, Biden's son
WASHINGTON - Breaking with President Donald Trump, outgoing Attorney General William Barr said Monday he saw "no reason" to appoint a special counsel to look into the president's claims of election fr...
Dec 21, 2020