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Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 5, 2022
Gaps in U.S. social fabric wider than ever 12 months after Trump-fuelled Capitol riot
WASHINGTON - Twenty years ago, an attack from outside its borders brought the United States together. Twelve months after Jan. 6, 2021, an attack from within continues to tear it apart. Thursday marks...
Jan 5, 2022
US hospitals seeing different kind of COVID surge this time
Hospitals across the U.S. are feeling the wrath of the omicron variant and getting thrown into disarray that is different from earlier COVID-19 surges. This time, they are dealing with serious staff s...
Jan 5, 2022
Conservatives ask privacy czar to probe pandemic-related use of mobile location data
OTTAWA - A Conservative MP is asking Canada's privacy commissioner to investigate federal reliance on data from mobile devices to understand travel patterns during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a letter t...
Jan 5, 2022
Ontario excluding student athletes from indoor play a 'disservice': university group
OTTAWA - The group representing university athletics in Ontario says their student athletes not being counted among those allowed to play in indoor facilities is a "disservice" to their abilities and ...
Jan 5, 2022
Alberta group submits final Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls report
The provincial government has received the final report and recommendations from the Alberta Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.Indigenous Relations Minister Rick W...
Jan 5, 2022
US, Germany say Russia poses urgent challenge to stability
WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States and Germany said Wednesday that Russia's military buildup near Ukraine's border poses an "immediate and urgent challenge" to European security and that any interven...
Jan 5, 2022
Top doctor says Nunavut's COVID-19 outbreak 'testing the limits' of capacity
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Cases of COVID-19 continue to rise across Nunavut, with confirmed or presumptive cases in 14 of the territory's 25 communities. There are 231 active cases of COVID-19 in Nunavut, mo...
Jan 5, 2022
Oilers place captain McDavid in COVID-19 protocol ahead of game with Maple Leafs
TORONTO - The Oilers announced that captain Connor McDavid, forward Derek Ryan and defenceman Tyson Barrie have entered the NHL's COVID-19 protocol hours before Edmonton was scheduled to face the Mapl...
Jan 5, 2022
Bob Bradley brings experience, enthusiasm and hope to Toronto FC
TORONTO - Bob Bradley wasted little time putting down roots after being named Toronto FC's head coach and sporting director. Officially hired Nov. 24, Bradley and Lindsay - his wife of 35 years - took...
Jan 5, 2022