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New proposed assisted-dying law is 'racist,' says disability rights activist
OTTAWA - Sarah Jama of the Disability Justice Network of Ontario says senators and MPs are supporting a new law that would expand the access to medical assistance in dying because they have not grappl...
Feb 08, 2021
N.S. mass shooting families alter class action lawsuit to add killer's spouse
HALIFAX - The families of victims of the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting have added the gunman's spouse, her brother and her brother-in-law as defendants to the original class action lawsuit against th...
Feb 08, 2021
Quebec, Nova Scotia and Alberta begin relaxing COVID-19 restrictions
Relaxed COVID-19 restrictions go into effect today in Quebec, Alberta and Nova Scotia, while Ontario Premier Doug Ford is scheduled to announce a reopening plan for that province this afternoon. In Qu...
Feb 08, 2021
As feds audit landlords over rent aid, businesses fall through cracks of new program
OTTAWA - Documents given to parliamentarians show federal officials audited at least 127 landlords who received aid through a program designed to ease rent costs for small businesses. That was the fig...
Feb 08, 2021
Texas GOP Rep. Wright, who battled health issues, dies at 67
AUSTIN, Texas - Texas Republican U.S. Rep. Ron Wright, who had battled health challenges over the past year including lung cancer treatment, has died more than two weeks after contracting COVID-19, hi...
Feb 08, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, Feb. 8, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times Eastern): 11 a.m. Quebec is reporting 853 new cases of COVID-19 and 17 more deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus, including two that...
Feb 08, 2021
Women's world curling championship cancelled for a second straight year
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - The women's world curling championship has been cancelled for a second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Curling Federation says it had to cancel the Ma...
Feb 08, 2021
A breakdown of Canada's hotels and isolation sites
As concerns about internationally imported COVID-19 variants hit closer to home, public health authorities are asking - and increasingly, ordering - people to find alternative accommodations so they c...
Feb 08, 2021
Edmonton Football Team asks fans to vote on seven possible names
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name.Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on an...
Feb 08, 2021
Amanda Gorman, in a first, brings poetry to Super Bowl
NEW YORK - Amanda Gorman, the 22-year-old poet who stirred America at the inauguration of President Joe Biden last month, again commanded the spotlight on one of the country's biggest stages, the Supe...
Feb 08, 2021