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Canada's cyberspy agency may have broken privacy law, intelligence watchdog says
OTTAWA - The national intelligence watchdog says Canada's cyberspy agency may have broken the law in disclosing personal information about Canadians. The Ottawa-based Communications Security Establish...
Jun 18, 2021
PHAC head maintains he's bound by law not to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA - The head of the Public Health Agency of Canada is showing no sign he's willing to release unredacted documents about the firing of two scientists at the country's highest security laboratory ...
Jun 18, 2021
Grande Prairie adds 10 new COVID-19 cases, five recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie recorded ten new COVID-19 cases and five recoveries for Thursday, June 17, raising the City's active case total to 45.In the County of Grande Prairie, there were two new cas...
Jun 18, 2021
Canada names 60-man preliminary roster for next month's Gold Cup
Alphonso Davies and Jonathan David highlight Canada's preliminary 60-man roster for next month's Gold Cup. The final 23-man squad will be confirmed prior to the July 2 start of the tournament's 12-cou...
Jun 18, 2021
Reservations for Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park open June 24
Parks Canada says Whistlers Campground in Jasper National Park will officially reopen to the public on July 12, after being shuttered for the past two years due to renovations.Officials say bookings a...
Jun 18, 2021
Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. confident Montreal can pick up where it left off in '19
Vernon Adams Jr. is getting a head start on the 2021 CFL season. The Montreal Alouettes' starting quarterback is already at his apartment in the city completing his 14-day quarantine after arriving fr...
Jun 18, 2021
NCAA memo: Emmert tells schools to act on NIL or he will
NCAA President Mark Emmert told the organization's more than 1,200 member schools Friday that he will seek temporary rules as early as July to ensure all athletes can be compensated for their celebrit...
Jun 18, 2021
Public health agency reports spike in confirmed cases of Delta variant
OTTAWA - The number of confirmed COVID-19 cases attributed to the highly contagious Delta variant jumped 66 per cent in Canada this week. Canada's chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says as o...
Jun 18, 2021
Health Canada proposes ban on most vaping flavours it says appeal to youth
The federal government says it wants to ban most flavoured vaping products in a bid to reduce their appeal to youth. Health Canada released draft regulations Friday that would restrict all e-cigarette...
Jun 18, 2021
All Albertans aged 12+ now eligible for second doses of COVID vaccine
Effective immediately, the provincial government says Albertans who received their first mRNA (Pfizer or Moderna) dose in May or earlier can book their second dose of COVID-19 vaccine. Anyone who rece...
Jun 18, 2021