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Canadian Vasek Pospisil falls to de Minaur in fourth round of U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Vasek Pospisil couldn't convert on four set points in the first set en route to a 7-6 (6), 6-3, 6-2 loss against No. 21 seed Alex de Minaur of Australia in the fourth rou...
Sep 07, 2020

Tam urges caution as daily cases of COVID-19 rise 25 per cent in last week
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health doctor says a slow but steady increase in the number of people testing positive for COVID-19 is a cause for concern. Dr. Theresa Tam says today the aver...
Sep 07, 2020

Case of COVID-19 identified on flight from Fort St. John to Calgary
FORT ST. JOHN-The BC Centre for Disease Control (BCCDC) has reported a public exposure on a flight from a community in B.C.'s north to Calgary.WestJet flight number 3100, departed Fort St. John on Aug...
Sep 07, 2020

First Nations Justice Council and Province work together to open more justice centres across B.C.
VICTORIA-A partnership between the Province and First Nations Justice Council (BCFNJC) are creating Indigenous justice centres throughout B.C., with a few recently opening and more to come in the futu...
Sep 07, 2020

England international Kallum Watkins leaves Wolfpack for Salford Red Devils
TORONTO - England international Kallum Watkins, who joined the Toronto Wolfpack in May but never got to play for the transatlantic rugby league team because of the COVID-19 pandemic, has sig...
Sep 07, 2020

Two people taken to hospital in Hwy.97 crash north of Hush Lake
PRINCE GEORGE - UPDATE Monday, Sept.7: BC RCMP say that two people were taken to hospital in an accident that closed a stretch of Hwy.97 yesterday (Sept.6).RCMP say the accident involved two commercia...
Sep 07, 2020

'It is urgent:' Commissioner calls for Indigenous bodies to oversee police
Aboriginal civilian groups that would oversee police actions are long past due in Canada, says a commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and gi...
Sep 07, 2020

Alberta doctors want safer workplace after killing of physician in Red Deer clinic
CALGARY - A central Alberta doctor says some clinics have stopped allowing patients to carry bags and backpacks since a family doctor was killed on the job last month. Dr. Wal...
Sep 07, 2020

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Sept. 7
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 4:00 a.m. EDT on Sept. 7, 2020: There are 131,894 confirmed cases in Canada. _ Quebec: 63,497 confirmed (including 5,769 deaths, 55,871 r...
Sep 07, 2020

N.B. Tory leader reviews candidate's future after transphobic re-post emerges
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - The leader of New Brunswick's Progressive Conservatives says he's looking at whether one of his candidates has a place in the party after learning he had reposte...
Sep 07, 2020