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Three Canadians taken in first round of MLS SuperDraft
Canadians Tani Oluwaseyi, O'Vonte Mullings and Mo Omar went in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday Oluwaseyi, a forward from St. John's University, was taken 17th overall by Minnesota Uni...
Jan 11, 2022
Canada has contracts for up to 100 million Pfizer, Moderna doses in 2022
OTTAWA - Federal COVID-19 vaccine contracts mean Canada should get enough doses to give two or three more mRNA shots to every Canadian, every year until at least 2024. But even as the National Advisor...
Jan 11, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec Premier Francois Legault says adult residents who refuse to get vaccinated against COVID-19 will be charged a financial penalty. Legault says the...
Jan 11, 2022
Veteran forwards Poulin, Johnston lead Canada's bid to reclaim Olympic hockey gold
CALGARY - Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston headline Canada's Olympic women's hockey team roster unveiled Tuesday. The two women will represent Canada for the fourth time in their careers after...
Jan 11, 2022
Record crop insurance payouts in 2021 impact insurance fund reserve
LETHBRIDGE, AB. - Taking into account the province-wide 2021 growing conditions across Alberta that challenged many producers, the value of Agri-Insurance programs will be impacted, as a large number ...
Jan 11, 2022
Public hearings into 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting delayed until late February
HALIFAX - The commission of inquiry probing the mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives in 2020 is again delaying public hearings, saying they are now expected to begin late next month. The...
Jan 11, 2022
Biden on voting rights passage: 'I'm tired of being quiet!'
ATLANTA (AP) - President Joe Biden says that he supports changing Senate rules in order to pass voting rights legislation, declaring that changing the rules would be to protect the "heart and soul of ...
Jan 11, 2022
Quebec's tax on the unvaccinated could enhance inequity: Black Health Alliance
OTTAWA - The Black Health Alliance says Quebec's proposal to bring in a financial penalty for unvaccinated residents risks further entrenching inequities in Canada's pandemic response and eroding trus...
Jan 11, 2022
P.E.I. potato farmers seek end to trade suspension, but U.S. officials want more data
FREDERICTON - Farmers on Prince Edward Island say there's no scientific basis for a suspension of exports of Island potatoes to the United States and it needs to be lifted now, but Canadian officials ...
Jan 11, 2022
First Afghan human rights activists arrive six months after Ottawa's promise of help
OTTAWA - Six months after the federal government promised to help thousands of Afghan women leaders, human rights activists and journalists flee to Canada, the first planeload has landed. Immigration ...
Jan 11, 2022