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1,650 AHS staff on unpaid leave due to vaccination status
Alberta Health Services says a local breakdown of numbers of how many staff are now on unpaid leave because they are not fully vaccinated for COVID-19 is not available.AHS does outline in a statement ...
Dec 16, 2021

After Brampton, Toronto mayor asks council to help fight Quebec's Bill 21 in court
Toronto's mayor says he will ask city council to help fund a legal fight against Quebec's law restricting religious symbols. John Tory, the mayor of Canada's largest city, said in a tweet he'll put th...
Dec 16, 2021

Heat dome, flooding, drought: A list of Canada's Top 10 weather events in 2021
Dave Phillips, senior climatologist with Environment Canada, has been compiling a Top 10 list of Canada's weather events for more than two decades. Here are his picks for 2021: 1. Heat dome in Western...
Dec 16, 2021

At least 5 dead as Midwest rocked by hurricane-force winds
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) - At least five people died as a powerful and extremely unusual storm system swept across the Great Plains and Midwest amid unseasonably warm temperatures, spawning hurricane-force wi...
Dec 16, 2021

Consolidating Your Debt
Occasionally, situations in life happen when our current debt load might be too hard to manage. Maybe we have taken on one too many credit products, or maybe the cost of our current loans is just cost...
Dec 16, 2021

Despite busy year driven by COVID, taxpayers' watchdog looks to become better known
OTTAWA - The federal official charged with investigating taxpayers' complaints says he wants to become better known so he can more quickly identify systemic issues within the Canada Revenue Agency. Ta...
Dec 16, 2021

BEHIND THE LENS: Chronicling a warming world
DATE: Various times in 2021 PLACES: Nidderau, Germany; Dhanbad, India; Sequoia Crest, Calif.; Limni, Greece; Suesca, Colombia PHOTOGRAPHERS: Michael Probst; Altaf Qadri; Noah Berger; Thodoris Nikolaou...
Dec 16, 2021

Cieplucha, Smith, relay team win medals at world short-course swimming championships
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Tessa Cieplucha and the women's 4x100 freestyle relay raced to gold, while Rebecca Smith captured silver on a three-medal day for Canada on Thursday at the world shor...
Dec 16, 2021

Flames' Dube, Kylington added to COVID-19 protocol; 18 players now sidelined
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames announced two more players and another member of the team's support staff were added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol Thursday, bringing the organization's total number to 3...
Dec 16, 2021

All from US missionary group freed in Haiti, police say
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) - The remaining members of a missionary group who were kidnapped two months ago have been freed, Haiti police and the group said Thursday. The spokesman for Haiti's National...
Dec 16, 2021