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New Brunswick to lift remaining COVID-19 restrictions, but experts warn of relapse
HALIFAX - As New Brunswick prepares to drop virtually all of its COVID-19 restrictions Friday night, some infectious disease experts are warning the province should prepare for a surge in cases this f...
Jul 29, 2021
One last goodbye planned for Medicine Hat Arena
MEDICINE HAT, AB - There will be one final farewell to the Medicine Hat Arena.The building is due to be demolished this fall to make way for a new condominium development, but not before one last trip...
Jul 29, 2021
Swing set to be removed from Muir Crescent playground
MEDICINE HAT, AB - After being closed for safety inspection in the spring, some of the playground equipment at Muir Crescent NW will be removed.The city says the playground's swing set will be removed...
Jul 29, 2021
Border workers' union, employers to return to bargaining table after strike threat
OTTAWA - A union representing about 9,000 Canadian Border Service Agency workers says its members' employers have agreed to return to the bargaining table following a strike threat made earlier this w...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
Habs' sponsors satisfied with team owner's apology for drafting Logan Mailloux
MONTREAL - Corporate sponsors for the Montreal Canadiens are saying they are satisfied with the apology from team owner Geoff Molson for drafting a player who was convicted of a sex crime in Sweden. R...
Jul 29, 2021
British Canadians frustrated by exclusion from U.K.'s new quarantine exemptions
OTTAWA - Many British Canadians are frustrated after being snubbed by a new plan to ease quarantine restrictions for entry to England and Scotland. The United Kingdom countries announced Wednesday tha...
Jul 29, 2021
Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens
JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated. The announcement by Naftali Bennet...
Jul 29, 2021
N.S. politicians critiqued for vague response to threat of rising seas
HALIFAX - As Nova Scotia's provincial election campaign has unfolded amid deadly heat waves in Western Canada and catastrophic flooding in Europe, the topic of preparing the province for its own poten...
Jul 29, 2021
Calgary mayor says lifting remaining COVID-19 health orders 'height of insanity'
Calgary's mayor says it's the "height of insanity" that Alberta is moving ahead with removing almost all of its remaining COVID-19 public health orders.As of today, close contacts of people who test p...
Jul 29, 2021