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Snowmobile collision prompts response from emergency services
Emergency services from three different detachments responded to a collision involving three snowmobilers southeast of Hafford, Sask.A group of snowmobilers unfamiliar with the terrain had reportedly ...
Dec 24, 2021
B.C. health officer asks residents to change holiday plans if feeling unwell
VICTORIA - British Columbia has hit its COVID-19 testing capacity as the provincial health officer asked residents to not get tested unless they have symptoms. Dr. Bonnie Henry says the province admin...
Dec 24, 2021
COVID-19 highs reported in Ontario and Manitoba as Nunavut orders lockdown
Ontario and Manitoba reported record high COVID-19 case counts on Christmas Eve as Nunavut ordered a full lockdown to prevent further spread of the virus. Health officials across the country said soar...
Dec 24, 2021
Hunger causing more concern than COVID-19 in wintry Afghanistan, say aid agencies
OTTAWA - As the first snowfall dusted the Afghan capital of Kabul earlier this month, Mary-Ellen McGroarty pondered the rough winter that lay ahead. COVID-19 was far from being top of mind. Unlike muc...
Dec 24, 2021
Nunavut orders full lockdown, bans gatherings, over rising COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has ordered an immediate "circuit-breaker" lockdown over rising COVID-19 cases in various communities. The government said Friday that all indoor gatherings are banned and a...
Dec 24, 2021
Feds still plan to act on credit card fees as merchants worry over pandemic delays
OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal government hasn't abandoned a Liberal pledge to lower the fees merchants pay every time a shopper pays with a credit card. The Liberals promised in the...
Dec 24, 2021
Polls suggest decline in mental health, but point to clues on how to address it
OTTAWA - A review of polling data is giving a new look at the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the mental health of Canadians. The review is based on a series of online Leger surveys over the c...
Dec 24, 2021
In Christmas message, Trudeau says Canadians can be hopeful amid the pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is still reason for Canadians to be hopeful despite the ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his annual Christmas message, Trudeau says that wh...
Dec 24, 2021
IIHF cancels U18 women's championship for second straight year due to COVID concerns
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that tournaments scheduled to begin in January have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, including the under-18 women's world championship....
Dec 24, 2021
Prince Albert swimmers ready to make splash at winter games
With the Saskatchewan Winter Games less than two months away, excitement is beginning to bubble to the surface for the athletes receiving invitations.Olivia Harris, 15, and Olivia Schlamp, 11, will he...
Dec 24, 2021
