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Health Minister says more rapid tests coming
Supply chain issues are easing and Alberta is expanding and changing how it is distributing COVID-19 rapid test kits.Health Minister Jason Copping says 633 pharmacies have signed up to the distributio...
Feb 10, 2022
Grande Prairie records 21 new COVID-19 cases, 26 recoveries
The City of Grande Prairie added 21 new COVID-19 cases and 26 recoveries for February 9. There are now 435 active cases in the city (down 6).The County of Grande Prairie added eight new cases along wi...
Feb 10, 2022
Biden dog Commander to make TV debut during 'Puppy Bowl'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden's puppy Commander will make his TV debut on Super Bowl Sunday. The German shepherd and Biden's wife, Jill, will appear in a commercial airing before Sunday's broa...
Feb 10, 2022
Vancouver Canucks name Hall of Famer Cammi Granato assistant GM
VANCOUVER - Cammi Granato has been watching the Vancouver Canucks for years. As a pro scout for the Seattle Kraken - the first female scout in NHL history - she spent ample time in the press box at Va...
Feb 10, 2022
Montreal police officers handed 30-day suspensions for racial profiling in 2017
MONTREAL - A Black man who was racially profiled by Montreal police during a stop in 2017 says the 30-day suspensions recently imposed by the ethics commission on two officers is significant but not n...
Feb 10, 2022
Lack of powder silences Vancouver's historic Nine O'Clock Gun indefinitely
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver parks board says the city's historic Nine O'Clock Gun is being silenced by a lack of explosive powder that's needed to fire it. A statement from the board says the type of bl...
Feb 10, 2022
Canada, Britain discussing Russia sanctions if it invades Ukraine, says U.K. envoy
OTTAWA - Britain's envoy to Canada says the two countries are co-operating on a tough new set of sanctions against Russia if it invades Ukraine. Susannah Goshko, the British High Commissioner to Canad...
Feb 10, 2022
New Argos running back Harris says he's always played with a chip on his shoulder
TORONTO - Andrew Harris has played football with a huge chip on his shoulder for the last 11 seasons and that's not about to change with the Toronto Argonauts. Harris, who turns 35 in April, signed wi...
Feb 10, 2022
Defence Department failed to spend $1.2B in funding last year, most due to delays
OTTAWA - New figures show the Department of National Defence failed to spend more than $1.2 billion of its allotted budget in the last fiscal year, the majority due to delays in the purchase of new eq...
Feb 10, 2022
New Brunswick judge rejects 'rambling' anti-vax arguments from four public servants
FREDERICTON - A New Brunswick judge has rejected a bid by four public servants to overturn the province's recent decision to place them on unpaid leave for failing to get vaccinated against COVID-19. ...
Feb 10, 2022