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Bitcoin, seemingly omnipresent, crosses the $50,000 mark
SILVER SPRING, Md. - After a wild week in which Bitcoin soared to new heights, Bitcoin crossed the $50,000 mark early Tuesday. Bitcoin rallied throughout the as more companies signalled the volatile d...
Feb 16, 2021
Frustrated with government efforts, business groups push plan to avoid lockdowns
OTTAWA - Frustrations with government efforts to manage the COVID-19 pandemic has led major businesses in this country to decide to take some matters into their own hands to avoid further lockdowns. T...
Feb 16, 2021
Court update: Sentences given out in several cases, trial set in illegal gun selling case
A trespassing complaint to Beaverlodge RCMP that led to a weapons seizure has resulted in a jail sentence for the man charged. Alberta Justice says Craig Horseman was sentenced to 180 days time served...
Feb 16, 2021
Sexsmith farmer filling new role at Alberta Wheat Commission
A Sexsmith farmer is filling a newly created post with the board of the Alberta Wheat Commission.Greg Sears is the organization's new second vice-chair.He says the Commission had a couple of different...
Feb 16, 2021
Singh pledges military deployment in election campaign-style promise
OTTAWA - NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh is calling for a quicker, clearer vaccination plan that would see Canada's military deployed across the country to speed up provincial COVID-19 inoculation efforts. T...
Feb 16, 2021
Bus drives off bridge into canal in central India; 40 dead
NEW DELHI - An overcrowded bus drove off a bridge and into a canal in central India on Tuesday, killing at least 40 people, an official said. Six people were rescued after the accident in Madhya Prade...
Feb 16, 2021
New vaccine advice in Canada; Capitol riot inquiry planned: In The News for Feb. 16
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Feb. 16... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Feb 16, 2021
Skiers may be safe from COVID-19, but not those working to keep slopes open: experts
Fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain makes skiing and snowboarding low-risk activities for COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a ...
Feb 16, 2021
University unions, students and faculty summon Ottawa for more education funding
MONTREAL - Ottawa needs to address the funding and access problems regarding post-secondary education that have been aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a coalition of university faculty...
Feb 16, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4 a.m. ET on Tuesday Feb. 16, 2021. There are 826,924 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Canada: 826,924 confirmed cases (35,684 active, 769,92...
Feb 16, 2021