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Commons Speaker reflects on dispute over secret documents on scientists' firing
OTTAWA - Anthony Rota didn't relish being the first Speaker in more than a century to publicly rebuke a veteran civil servant for doing what he believed was his legally required duty. But as Speaker o...
Dec 20, 2021
Public health measures resume in Quebec today to curb the rise of COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Quebec is tightening public health measures again today as COVID-19 cases spike across the province. Premier Franois Legault announced tougher measures last week to combat the Omicron varia...
Dec 20, 2021
More restrictions, more boosters in provinces today as Omicron threat looms
Canada's battle to contain the Omicron variant continues on multiple fronts today, with three provinces reintroducing public health restrictions and a fourth expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine...
Dec 20, 2021
Midterms promise political headache for president, but possible reprieve for Canada
WASHINGTON - It's conventional political wisdom that's as old as the hills in the United States: the party that controls the White House seldom does well in the midterms. But Glenn Youngkin's convinci...
Dec 20, 2021
NBA postpones 5 more games; Young, Vogel enter protocols
The NBA on Sunday postponed a total of five games involving nine teams in response to rising coronavirus numbers, raising the number of contests that have been pushed back this season to seven. Called...
Dec 19, 2021
Japanese space tourists safely return to Earth
MOSCOW (AP) - A Japanese billionaire, his producer and a Russian cosmonaut safely returned to Earth on Monday after spending 12 days on the International Space Station. Fashion tycoon Yusaku Maezawa, ...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
Peng Shuai tells paper she never wrote of being assaulted
BEIJING (AP) - Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has told a Singapore newspaper that she never said she wrote of having been sexually assaulted, despite a November social media post attributed to her tha...
Dec 19, 2021
High prices and cattle producers calling it quits; ranchers reflect on tough year
MEDICINE HAT, AB- Rancher Darby Delorme prepares his cows for the annual Beef Pen Show at the Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede groundsThis year has been a tough one for the rancher from Robsart Sa...
Dec 19, 2021
Stastny scores two to lift Jets 4-2 over Blues, Winnipeg's last game for awhile
WINNIPEG - Linemates Nikolaj Ehlers, Mark Scheifele and Paul Stastny accounted for all the goals to propel the Jets to a 4-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Sunday and give interim Winnipeg head c...
Dec 19, 2021