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Alberta expands third COVID-19 doses for immunocompromised residents
The Alberta government has announced more immunocompromised residents in the province will be eligible to receive a third dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.The expansion of the third dose now aligns Albert...
Sep 21, 2021
UN: Afghanistan's Taliban want to address General Assembly
UNITED NATIONS (AP) - Who should represent Afghanistan at the United Nations this month? It's a complex question with plenty of political implications. The Taliban, the country's new rulers for a matt...
Sep 21, 2021
Copping in as Alberta health minister as Shandro shifts to labour ministry
Premier Jason Kenney has made a shuffle among his cabinet, shifting Tyler Shandro from his post as Minister of Health and replacing him with Calgary-Varsity MLA Jason Copping.Shandro, in turn, is taki...
Sep 21, 2021
Former Leafs winger Zach Hyman ready to start fresh with Connor McDavid's Oilers
Zach Hyman needed a place to train. And he knew just the person to ask. Having just put pen to paper on a big-money deal with the Edmonton Oilers in free agency following six seasons with his hometown...
Sep 21, 2021
Three new Indigenous MPs secure ridings for NDP and Conservative parties
There are likely to be three new Indigenous members of Parliament in the House of Commons following a federal election that had a record number of First Nations, Mtis and Inuit candidates. Blake Desja...
Sep 21, 2021
Canada's Sports Hall of Fame induction class signals social change in sport
CALGARY - NHL players inducted for social change instead of on-ice exploits, and the first Special Olympian entering Canada's Sports Hall of Fame, reflect an admiration of more than medals and trophie...
Sep 21, 2021
Quebec coroner questions why more wasn't done for neglected Herron residents
MONTREAL - The Quebec coroner overseeing an inquiry into long-term care deaths is questioning why more wasn't done to help residents at a Montreal-area home where dozens died. Coroner Ghane Kamel has ...
Sep 21, 2021
Masks mandatory across Nunavut; new COVID-19 cases confirmed in two communities
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut is reporting two new cases of COVID-19 two days after the territory reinstated its mask mandate. There is one new case in Kinngait on Baffin Island and one in Kugluktuk in t...
Sep 21, 2021
Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie annual community food drive shifted to online
The Rotary Clubs of Grande Prairie annual food drive to support the Grande Prairie Salvation Army has been moved to online-only because of the COVID-19 pandemic.The food drive was originally supposed ...
Sep 21, 2021
CP NewsAlert: Sources say Shandro out as Alberta health minister
EDMONTON - Sources say Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro is soon to be out of the job.The sources have told The Canadian Press that Premier Jason Kenney is expected to replace Shandro with Labour ...
Sep 21, 2021