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Alberta expands COVID-19 booster shot eligibility
The province is opening COVID-19 vaccine boosters to more Albertans to help protect people from the Omicron variant.Effective today, any Albertan aged 18 and over who received their second COVID-19 va...
Dec 21, 2021
Liberals, Tories co-operate on extending leave for grieving parents
OTTAWA - A Liberal minister struck a last-minute deal with the Conservatives before members left for the holidays to change the law to extend bereavement leave for grieving parents. Tory MP Tom Kmiec,...
Dec 21, 2021
Quebec testing centres overwhelmed by the fifth wave of COVID-19
MONTREAL - COVID-19 testing centres in Quebec are being overwhelmed by the pandemic's fifth wave, with long lineups to get a test and delays in results as the Omicron variant pushes daily case counts ...
Dec 21, 2021
City announces plans for New Year's Eve at Big Marble Go Centre
MEDICINE HAT, AB - The first big event at the renamed Big Marble Go Centre will also be the last event hosted there in 2021.New Year's Eve Fest will take place from noon to 4 p.m. on Dec. 31 and offer...
Dec 21, 2021
'A little overkill': Jets goalie Connor Hellebuyck not keen on NHL's schedule pause
Connor Hellebuyck isn't a fan of the NHL's latest move to combat the spread of COVID-19. The league pushed up the start of its traditional holiday schedule pause by 48 hours because of coronavirus con...
Dec 21, 2021
US population growth at lowest rate in pandemic's 1st year
WASHINGTON - U.S. population growth dipped to its lowest rate since the nation's founding during the first year of the pandemic as the coronavirus curtailed immigration, delayed pregnancies and killed...
Dec 21, 2021
AHS enhancing visitation limits for acute and continuing care sites
Starting Tuesday, Alberta Health Services is taking additional precautions to limit transmission of COVID-19 at acute and continuing care sites, with the emergence of the Omicron variant.AHS says thes...
Dec 21, 2021
Travel restricted to Nunavut hamlet after two COVID-19 cases identified
PANGNIRTUNG, Nunavut - Travel is restricted to a hamlet in Nunavut after two cases of COVID-19 were identified late yesterday. The Nunavut government says travel in or out of Pangnirtung, which is on ...
Dec 21, 2021
Military shipbuilding facing fresh delays as a result of COVID-19: procurement chief
OTTAWA - The Defence Department's top procurement official is warning of fresh delays in the delivery of already overdue warships and other new equipment to the Canadian Armed Forces because of COVID-...
Dec 21, 2021
Raptors add Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn to COVID-19 protocols
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet and Malachi Flynn have been added to the NBA's COVID-19 protocols by the Toronto Raptors. There are now five Raptors in league protocols. Gary Trent Jr. was added to Toronto's ...
Dec 21, 2021