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Leafs sign defenceman Rielly to eight-year, $60-million extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Morgan Rielly to an eight-year, US$60-million contract extension worth an average annual value of US$7.5 million. The 27-year-old is currently ...
Oct 29, 2021
Environment minister 'cautiously optimistic' about UN climate change conference
OTTAWA - Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault says Canada has two "very heavy weeks" ahead as the government gears up for negotiations at the United Nations COP26 conference. International officials...
Oct 29, 2021
Schools close as thousands of New Brunswick public sector workers launch strike
FREDERICTON - Schools closed across New Brunswick as thousands of public sector workers walked off the job early Friday morning in a bid to secure higher wages. Steve Drost, president of the New Bruns...
Oct 29, 2021
Biden: Pope told him he should 'keep receiving communion'
ROME (AP) - President Joe Biden said the issue of abortion did not come up in his meeting with Pope Francis, but that the pontiff told him he should continue to receive Communion, despite calls from c...
Oct 29, 2021
GOP Trump critic Rep. Adam Kinzinger won't seek reelection
WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, a critic of Donald Trump who is one of two Republicans on the panel investigating the deadly Jan. 6 Capitol attack, announced Friday that ...
Oct 29, 2021
New York congressman: U.S. won't require COVID-19 test results to cross land border
WASHINGTON - The office of New York congressman Brian Higgins says U.S. Customs and Border Protection won't be requiring a negative COVID-19 test for fully vaccinated travellers in order to cross the ...
Oct 29, 2021
NACI names several more groups who should qualify for COVID-19 booster shots
OTTAWA - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization has expanded eligibility guidelines for booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines. The committee now recommends mRNA boosters to people who received t...
Oct 29, 2021
Flag won't be hoisted to be lowered again for Remembrance Day unless Trudeau wants
OTTAWA - The Department of Canadian Heritage says the national flag will remain at half-mast leading up to Remembrance Day instead of hoisting it up to be lowered again. The flag has been flying at ha...
Oct 29, 2021
Former defence chief Vance's obstruction of justice case to go to trial in May 2023
OTTAWA - Former chief of the defence staff Jonathan Vance's obstruction of justice case will go to trial in May 2023. Ten days of trial dates were set during a brief, virtual courtroom hearing this mo...
Oct 29, 2021
Alberta has one of Canada’s highest food bank usage rates: 2021 HungerCount
Food Banks Canada has released the latest HungerCount.For Alberta, it was found that food banks across the province saw 116,396 visits in March 2021, an increase of 29.6 per cent since the last Hunger...
Oct 29, 2021