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Survey reveals widening gap between views of double-vaxxed and boosted people
OTTAWA - A new survey suggests a widening gap between the pandemic views of people who have opted to get a COVID-19 vaccine booster and those who are holding steady with only two shots. A web panel su...
Jan 26, 2022

Vancouver Canucks name Penguins AGM Patrik Allvin general manager
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have filled their vacant general manager position, hiring Pittsburgh Penguins assistant manger Patrik Allvin. He becomes the 12th general manager in the franchise's h...
Jan 26, 2022

Canada's Auger-Aliassime drops five-set heartbreaker to Medvedev at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Felix Auger-Aliassime's (oh-ZHAY' ah-lee-ah-SEEM') bid to reach the semifinals at a second straight Grand Slam ended in heartbreak with a five-set loss to second seed Daniil Med...
Jan 26, 2022

US-backed Syrian forces capture prison from IS after a week
BEIRUT (AP) - U.S.-backed Kurdish-led forces said they wrestled control of the last section of a prison controlled by Islamic State militants, ending a weeklong assault by the extremists on one of the...
Jan 26, 2022

Australian Open: Canada's Auger-Aliassime drops five-set heartbreaker to Medvedev
MELBOURNE, Australia - Daniil Medvedev rallied from two sets down and saved a match point before beating Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime 6-7 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (2), 7-5, 6-4 to move into the Australian Open...
Jan 26, 2022

City council endorses list of things it wants to work on in 2022
Attracting and keeping health care professionals and the high distribution costs for electricity and natural gas are things Grande Prairie city council wants to work on in 2022.Council endorsed the 20...
Jan 26, 2022

MS Read-a-Thon fundraiser kicks off January 27
Registration is open for the MS Society of Canada's annual Read-a-Thon fundraiser. The Read-a-Thon encourages children to read as much as they can from January 27 to February 28, all while raising mon...
Jan 26, 2022

Coast Guard searches vast sea for 39 people lost off Florida
MIAMI (AP) - The Coast Guard searched through the night Wednesday for 39 people missing from a capsized boat after a solitary survivor was found clinging to the overturned hull off the Florida coast. ...
Jan 26, 2022

Poll suggests some Canadians are feeling brighter about the economy, own finances
OTTAWA - A new poll suggests some Canadians are feeling more upbeat about the state of the domestic economy and their own pocketbooks, though not quite as positive as they were before the COVID-19 pan...
Jan 26, 2022

Winter weather, vast expanse make patrolling Canada-U.S. border a daunting challenge
SAINT VINCENT, Minn. - A bleak panorama of frozen, windblown prairie extends in every direction behind Katy Siemer as she points north, past a barren stand of trees to a pipeline compressor station a ...
Jan 26, 2022