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A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Canada's health minister says he expects the country to reach a time in the COVID-19 pandemic when provinces consider implementing a broader vaccine man...
Jan 07, 2022
Journalist for Montreal online radio station killed on the job in Haiti
MONTREAL - A journalist working for a Montreal-based online radio station was killed Thursday near the Haitian capital, Port-au-Prince, as he prepared to interview a member of an armed group about the...
Jan 07, 2022
Feds setting up scholarship program to honour victims of plane shot down by Iran
TORONTO - The federal government is setting up a scholarship program honouring the victims of the passenger jet shot down by Iranian forces two years ago. The program is expected to disburse scholarsh...
Jan 07, 2022
Bail hearing to continue next week for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard
TORONTO - The bail hearing for Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard will continue next week. Police have said he's charged with six counts of sexual assault and three counts of forcible confinement, wh...
Jan 07, 2022
Feds overhauling methane-reduction fund slammed by environment commissioner
OTTAWA - Natural Resources Minister Jonathan Wilkinson is overhauling a methane-reduction program that the environment commissioner slammed last fall as poorly designed and a waste of money. The third...
Jan 07, 2022
Father of Quebec girl murdered by stepmother sentenced to four years in prison
TROIS-RIVIRES, Que. - A Quebec Superior Court judge today sentenced the father of a girl who was murdered by her stepmother in April 2019 to four years in prison for his role in events leading to her ...
Jan 07, 2022
27 out of 130 passengers on Sunwing party flight to Mexico back in Canada: Duclos
OTTAWA - Federal Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says about 27 of the 130 passengers on the Sunwing party flight to Mexico have returned to Canada. Duclos told reporters today the returning traveller...
Jan 07, 2022
Advocates push for awareness of anti-Asian racism as new surveys highlight toll
OTTAWA - At the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic, Amy Go knew Canada was about to repeat history. The president of the Chinese Canadian National Council for Social Justice said she braced herself for t...
Jan 07, 2022
Vaccination capacity doubles in Prince George as clinic returns to Civic Centre
PRINCE GEORGE- Northern Health is doubling the capacity for COVID-19 vaccinations in Prince George. The health authority is adding additional clinic days each week and returning to the Prince George C...
Jan 07, 2022
Cougars' team activities paused due to COVID-19; more games postponed
PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Cougars are among a list of Western Hockey League teams who have been forced to stop tam activities.The WHL announced on Friday the following update on WHL COVID-19 P...
Jan 07, 2022