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Quebec launches COVID-19 vaccine passport system across province
MONTREAL - Quebecers are required starting today to show proof of vaccination to access businesses and events the government deems non-essential, such as restaurants, gyms and festivals. The governmen...
Sep 01, 2021

Liberal platform carries $78B in new spending, $25B in new revenue, over five years
OTTAWA - The Liberal re-election platform released today includes $78 billion in new spending, more than three times the direct new revenues promised over the next five years. The 82-page document inc...
Sep 01, 2021

Canada captures world championship gold for first time since 2012
CALGARY - Canada claimed its first women's world hockey championship in almost a decade Tuesday when Marie-Philip Poulin scored the overtime winner in a 3-2 victory over the United States. The Canadia...
Sep 01, 2021

Quebec police issue Amber Alert after three-year-old boy allegedly abducted
MATANE, Que. - Quebec provincial police issued an Amber Alert on Tuesday night after a three-year-old boy was allegedly abducted in a town 400 kilometres northeast of Quebec City. Police say the boy w...
Sep 01, 2021

City of Nanaimo gates off second downtown park, extended closures possible
NANAIMO - A pair of downtown Nanaimo parks are closed indefinitely in response to social disorder issues.Richard Harding, the City's general manager of parks, recreation and culture, said last week cr...
Sep 01, 2021

Trudeau, O'Toole in Ontario, Singh in Quebec on Day 18 of election campaign
The three main party leaders are staying central for Day 18 of the federal election campaign. Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau begins his day with an announcement in Toronto. Conservative Leader Erin O'T...
Sep 01, 2021

Health law professor says 'ideological lens' behind unproven COVID-19 treatment
A health law professor says a belief by some that a medication used to deworm cattle and horses can treat COVID-19 shows how ideology can lead people to embrace misinformation. Timothy Caulfield from ...
Sep 01, 2021

Anticipated flood of mail-in ballots during pandemic hasn't materialized so far
OTTAWA - The anticipated flood of Canadians choosing to vote by mail on Sept. 20 has been more of a trickle so far. As of Monday night, Elections Canada had issued 298,040 special ballot kits. That's ...
Sep 01, 2021

'Social movement': Alberta's energy 'war room' planning broad new ad campaign
EDMONTON - Alberta's Canadian Energy Centre appears ready to be vocal again, planning a new campaign to "change perceptions" about the province's oil and gas industry and build what it's calling a soc...
Sep 01, 2021

Battle-scarred Trudeau banks on experience, pandemic management
OTTAWA - Justin Trudeau has got to be hoping the adage "like father, like son" applies to election campaigns. His electoral path thus far has been a carbon copy of that forged by his late father, Pier...
Sep 01, 2021