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CDC changes school guidance, allowing desks to be closer
NEW YORK - Students can safely sit just 3 feet apart in the classroom as long as they wear masks but should be kept the usual 6 feet away from one another at sporting events, assemblies, lunch or chor...
Mar 19, 2021
Liberals eye more cash for rapid-housing program as demand outstrips available funds
OTTAWA - Social Development Minister Ahmed Hussen says he's looking for more money to help housing providers quickly build or buy existing structures for affordable housing units. Hussen isn't saying ...
Mar 19, 2021
Variants threatening country's progress in containing spread of COVID-19: Tam
Canada's top doctor says there's concern that an increase in more transmissible variants of the COVID-19 virus may be threatening the country's progress in containing the spread of infections. Dr. The...
Mar 19, 2021
Next generation of Canadian luge recruits get a snowy, trackless start in Calgary
CALGARY - Tobogganing down a snowy hill isn't how three-time Olympian Tristan Walker got his start in luge, but Luge Canada's recruitment has come to that without access to a sliding track in Calgary....
Mar 19, 2021
Canadian men make two roster changes ahead of Olympic soccer qualifier
GUADALAJARA, Mexico - Canada made two late changes to its roster Friday ahead of its opening match against El Salvador at the CONCACAF Men's Olympic Qualifying Championship.Citing medical reasons, Can...
Mar 19, 2021
Biden picks former senator who flew in space to lead NASA
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - President Joe Biden has chosen a former senator from Florida who flew on the space shuttle just days before the Challenger launch accident to lead NASA. Biden on Friday announce...
Mar 19, 2021
Doctors say getting COVID-19 poses much bigger risk of blood clots
OTTAWA - The national advocacy group for patients with blood-clot disorders says there is a greater risk of getting blood clots from COVID-19 than there is from the vaccine. Thrombosis Canada issued a...
Mar 19, 2021
Canada to ratify trade agreement with United Kingdom
OTTAWA - Canada's Minister of International Trade says the country will ratify its Trade Continuity Agreement with the United Kingdom. Mary Ng told the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Trad...
Mar 19, 2021
Canada to ratify trade agreement with United Kingdom
OTTAWA - Canada's Minister of International Trade says the country will ratify its Trade Continuity Agreement with the United Kingdom. Mary Ng told the U.K.'s Secretary of State for International Trad...
Mar 19, 2021
Montreal police investigate after two bodies found inside cab in city's east end
Montreal police are investigating after two bodies were found by a citizen inside a taxi today in the city's east end. Const. Jean-Pierre Brabant says a passerby made the discovery at about 5:25 a.m. ...
Mar 19, 2021