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COVID-19 hospitalizations and ICU admissions on the rise in Quebec and Ontario
The number of COVID-19-related hospitalizations is continuing to rise in Quebec and Ontario, prompting concerns about the capacity of those province's health-care systems. Ontario reported 1,646 peopl...
Apr 12, 2021
GP Grows home gardening program registration opens Wednesday
Year two of the GP Grows at home gardening program will open for online registrations on Wednesday, April 14.Residents who sign up for the program will receive one of 1,500 available free seasonal gar...
Apr 12, 2021
CFL continuing talks with federal government about return to field in '21
The CFL has continued talks with the federal government about securing financial assistance in an effort to return to the field this season. A source confirmed talks are ongoing. The source was grante...
Apr 12, 2021
Nova Scotia to hold two minutes of silence to honour mass shooting victims
TRURO, N.S. - Nova Scotia's premier is inviting people in the province to participate in two minutes of silence this Sunday for those lost in last year's mass shooting. Iain Rankin says he will be att...
Apr 12, 2021
New Mexico governor set to sign recreational marijuana bill
SANTA FE, N.M. - New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham was set Monday to sign legislation that will legalize recreational marijuana use and sales in the state, making it the seventh since last Novemb...
Apr 12, 2021
Drivers wanted: Record demand at Uber as vaccinations rise
Uber is offering sign-up bonuses and other incentives for drivers as it faces record demand for rides and meal delivery. The San Francisco ride-hailing company said Monday that total monthly bookings,...
Apr 12, 2021
Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019: report
OTTAWA - A new report shows Canada's greenhouse gas emissions increased slightly in 2019, the same year Ottawa established a national price on carbon. The national inventory report filed each April to...
Apr 12, 2021
Survey shows Alberta's teachers very unhappy with the draft K-6 curriculum
Preliminary results from a recent survey of Alberta's teachers found that 91 per cent of respondents are very unhappy with the new draft Grade K-6 curriculum.The Alberta Teacher's Association (ATA) op...
Apr 12, 2021
O'Toole to vote against Conservative MP's private bill on "sex-selective abortion"
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole says he will vote against a bill brought forward by a member of his caucus that aims to ban so-called "sex-selective abortions." O'Toole says he support a wom...
Apr 12, 2021
Nguyen, Daleman headline Canada's figure skating team competing in Osaka
OSAKA, Japan - In a season all but erased by COVID-19, a handful of Canadian figure skaters will have one last chance to compete at this week's World Team Trophy in Osaka, Japan. Nam Nguyen and Roman ...
Apr 12, 2021