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Fully vaccinated against COVID-19? Here's five things health officials say you can do
OTTAWA - The Public Health Agency of Canada released guidelines Friday on what people can do if they are fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says people are ...
Jun 25, 2021
Iqaluit mayor wants land tax exemption on churches removed over residential schools
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Iqaluit's mayor says he plans to make a motion to remove a land tax exemption for churches in Nunavut's capital city. Kenny Bell says he decided to do so after the Cowessess First N...
Jun 25, 2021
News hound, animal lover, former CP bureau chief Jill St. Louis dies at 66
VANCOUVER - Jill St. Louis, a former Vancouver bureau chief at The Canadian Press who thrived in a fast-breaking news environment and was a friend to anything with four legs, has died after a battle w...
Jun 25, 2021
Canada rugby coach awaits word on players on final weekend ahead of July tour
Canada coach Kingsley Jones will be watching this weekend's Major League Rugby games with particular interest, hoping that members of his July touring squad who play emerge unscathed. He has already h...
Jun 25, 2021
'Staying alive is an obsession:' Family of survivors reflect on residential schools
The weeds of residential schools are tangled throughout the family tree of Clayton Episkenew and many other Indigenous people in Canada. "I have come a long way but at times feel guilty that I am here...
Jun 25, 2021
Montreal Canadiens' magical playoff run helped inspire Lawson in naming of yearling
Next year, Henri Richard and Joe Zuger will be roommates. Not the former hockey and football standouts. Rather, their horse-racing namesakes. Pocket Rocket and Zuger are currently yearlings and Woodbi...
Jun 25, 2021
Canadiens' goaltender Price a standout even at 14, says his junior GM
When Bob Tory saw a 14-year-old Carey Price tend goal in Williams Lake, B.C., he plotted a strategy of deception. The Tri-City Americans had the seventh pick in the 2002 Western Hockey League bantam d...
Jun 25, 2021
Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame names 2021 Inductions
Inductees to the Prince Albert Arts Hall of Fame were officially announced this week.Sheryl Kimbley and Andree Felley-Martinson are the two 2021 inductees. Kimbley will be inducted as a builder and Fe...
Jun 25, 2021
Four tornadoes touched down in Quebec on Monday: Environment Canada
MONTREAL - Environment Canada says Quebec was hit by four tornadoes on Monday afternoon, including a fatal twister that left a man dead north of Montreal. The agency said today in its weather summary ...
Jun 25, 2021
Vehicles vandalized at P.A.'s Victoria Hospital
Several vehicles parked at Victoria Hospital in Prince Albert have been vandalized.Most appeared to have their driver or passenger windows smashed.The vehicles are owned by staff.P.A. Police Service s...
Jun 25, 2021
