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Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasti...
Aug 16, 2021
'Grounds for suspicion,' but no wrongdoing by minister in mask procurement
An investigation recently concluded by Alberta's Ethics Commissioner finds Alberta's Minister of Education did nothing wrong during a 2020 controversy related to the procurement of masks.Ethics Commis...
Aug 16, 2021
WHL mandating vaccinations for all players & hockey staff
CALGARY, AB - The Western Hockey League confirmed Monday they will be implementing a mandatory vaccine policy ahead of the 2021-22 season.In a statement released by the WHL, the league says all player...
Aug 16, 2021
Champion filly Munnyfor Ro will race Sunday in $1-million Queen's Plate at Woodbine
Munnyfor Ro is a go for the $1-million Queen's Plate. Trainer Kevin Attard confirmed Monday the '21 Woodbine Oaks champion will race in the opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown on Sunday at ...
Aug 16, 2021
Nurse says continuity, long-term commitment key to getting Canada to Paris Olympics
TORONTO - There were plenty of moments when Nick Nurse was watching the Tokyo Olympics that he couldn't help but imagine Canada playing there. Nurse and the Canadian men's basketball team had to watch...
Aug 16, 2021
U14 Thunder run the table en route to provincial gold at home
MEDICINE HAT, AB - Thunder struck the Moose Community Ball Complex on Sunday to the delight of hundreds of fans in attendance and a dozen gold medallists.The Medicine Hat Thunder took down the Lloydmi...
Aug 16, 2021
Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie...
Aug 16, 2021
Two Holocaust researchers, including Ottawa professor, win libel case on appeal in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars - one of them an Ottawa professor - in a case that has been closely watched because it...
Aug 16, 2021
Crown appeals prison term for trucker convicted in killing of woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors are appealing a 12 1/2-year sentence given to an Ontario truck driver found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in Ju...
Aug 16, 2021
Ontario open to child care deal with federal Liberals, with some flexibility: Lecce
TORONTO - Ontario's education minister says his government is open to striking a deal on affordable child care with the federal Liberals if it accounts for what he described as the province's "unique"...
Aug 16, 2021