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Ontario increases capacity for sporting events, ahead baseball playoffs, NHL season
TORONTO - Ontario is opening the door wider for fans at sporting events, just in time for the NHL season and baseball's stretch drive. Attendance for Maple Leaf and Raptors games at Scotiabank Arena w...
Sep 24, 2021
Top court kicks back question of sealed docs in quashed murder case to lower court
OTTAWA - The Supreme Court of Canada has kept alive the CBC's efforts to unseal evidence pertaining to a now-quashed murder conviction from more than 30 years ago. The top court ruled Friday that the ...
Sep 24, 2021
Residents of Saugeen First Nation given expired COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine for weeks
OTTAWA - A northern Ontario First Nation says Indigenous Services Canada gave residents expired doses of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19 between Aug. 9 and Sept. 15. According to a statement from the ...
Sep 24, 2021
Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou reaches deferred prosecution agreement with U.S.
WASHINGTON - Meng Wanzhou, the Huawei Technologies executive detained in Canada since December 2018 to await extradition to the United States, has reached a deal with the U.S. government.Meng pleaded ...
Sep 24, 2021
New Brunswick reimposes state of emergency amid sudden surge in COVID-19 cases
FREDERICTON - New Brunswick has reimposed a state of emergency as the province's hospitals struggle to keep pace with a surge in COVID-19 infections. The province has recorded 866 new cases so far thi...
Sep 24, 2021
Thousands of mail ballots still to be counted: 12 ridings started tally Friday
OTTAWA - The final federal election result may be delayed until the weekend - or even longer - because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted. Twelve ridings did not start counting mail...
Sep 24, 2021
Ex-MP Adam Vaughan urges successor Vuong to resign, not sit as independent MP
OTTAWA - The former Liberal MP for Spadina-Fort York is urging his newly elected successor, Kevin Vuong, to resign. Vuong was dropped as the Liberal candidate in the downtown Toronto riding just two d...
Sep 24, 2021
'People will suffer and will die': Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill...
Sep 24, 2021
School disruption, 'long COVID,' all factors in choice to vaccinate young kids: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says safety data won't be the only factor public health officials and parents will have to consider when deciding whether or not to vaccinate young kids against COVID-19. ...
Sep 24, 2021
Rescue team to train at Saamis Tepee
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Medicine Hat's fire and emergency services technical rescue team will do training exercises at the Saamis Tepee on Sept. 27.The training scenarios are expected to begin at 9 a.m., a...
Sep 24, 2021