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Thousands of mail ballots still to be counted: 12 ridings started tally Friday
OTTAWA - The final federal election result may be delayed until the weekend - or even longer - because thousands of mail-in ballots have still to be counted. Twelve ridings did not start counting mail...
Sep 24, 2021

Ex-MP Adam Vaughan urges successor Vuong to resign, not sit as independent MP
OTTAWA - The former Liberal MP for Spadina-Fort York is urging his newly elected successor, Kevin Vuong, to resign. Vuong was dropped as the Liberal candidate in the downtown Toronto riding just two d...
Sep 24, 2021

'People will suffer and will die': Emergency doctor says some health triage has begun
EDMONTON - The head of emergency medicine for the Alberta Medical Association says major components of triage have already begun in Alberta. Dr. Paul Parks said that in recent days some critically ill...
Sep 24, 2021

School disruption, 'long COVID,' all factors in choice to vaccinate young kids: Tam
OTTAWA - Canada's top doctor says safety data won't be the only factor public health officials and parents will have to consider when deciding whether or not to vaccinate young kids against COVID-19. ...
Sep 24, 2021

Alberta doctors call for more drug-use sites to reduce strain on acute care resources
A group of Edmonton physicians says the Alberta government's overhaul of harm reduction supports for people who use drugs is needlessly straining acute care resources as COVID-19 demands grow.Members ...
Sep 24, 2021

Joshua weighs in much heavier than Usyk ahead of title fight
LONDON (AP) - Oleksandr Usyk is giving up 19 pounds (9 kilograms) on world heavyweight champion Anthony Joshua for their fight on Saturday. Usyk, the challenger from Ukraine, tipped the scales at 221 ...
Sep 24, 2021

Olympian Phil Berna leads new-look Canadian men's rugby sevens team
Phil Berna took close to a month off after the Tokyo Olympics and then the competitive juices started flowing again. "I called myself back into training," said the 25-year-old from Vancouver. "The tim...
Sep 24, 2021

Source: Blue Jays' stadium capacity to rise to 30,000 starting next week
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays will get a home-field advantage boost when they return to Rogers Centre next week. Seating capacity at the downtown stadium will be doubled to 30,000 starting with Tues...
Sep 24, 2021

Alberta's COVID crisis and calls for a new defence minister: In The News for Sept. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada .....
Sep 24, 2021

Federal deficit hit $48.5 billion over first four months of fiscal year
OTTAWA - The federal government ran a deficit of more than $48 billion over the first four months of its fiscal year, about $100 billion less than the treasury pumped out during the same period one ye...
Sep 24, 2021