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A look at COVID-19 reopening plans across the country
As COVID-19 vaccination rates increase, the provinces and territories have been releasing their reopening plans for businesses, events and recreational facilities. Most of the plans are based on each ...
Aug 17, 2021
Sources: US to recommend COVID vaccine boosters at 8 months
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot, to ensure lasti...
Aug 16, 2021
Champion filly Munnyfor Ro will race Sunday in $1-million Queen's Plate at Woodbine
Munnyfor Ro is a go for the $1-million Queen's Plate. Trainer Kevin Attard confirmed Monday the '21 Woodbine Oaks champion will race in the opening jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown on Sunday at ...
Aug 16, 2021
Nurse says continuity, long-term commitment key to getting Canada to Paris Olympics
TORONTO - There were plenty of moments when Nick Nurse was watching the Tokyo Olympics that he couldn't help but imagine Canada playing there. Nurse and the Canadian men's basketball team had to watch...
Aug 16, 2021
Haiti quake death toll rises to 1,419, injured now at 6,000
LES CAYES, Haiti (AP) - A hospital in southwestern Haiti, where a powerful earthquake flattened homes, shops and other buildings over the weekend, was so overwhelmed with patients that many had to lie...
Aug 16, 2021
Two Holocaust researchers, including Ottawa professor, win libel case on appeal in Poland
WARSAW, Poland - An appellate court in Poland on Monday rejected a lawsuit brought against two Holocaust scholars - one of them an Ottawa professor - in a case that has been closely watched because it...
Aug 16, 2021
Crown appeals prison term for trucker convicted in killing of woman in Edmonton hotel
EDMONTON - Crown prosecutors are appealing a 12 1/2-year sentence given to an Ontario truck driver found guilty in the killing of a woman in his Edmonton hotel room. Bradley Barton was sentenced in Ju...
Aug 16, 2021
Ontario open to child care deal with federal Liberals, with some flexibility: Lecce
TORONTO - Ontario's education minister says his government is open to striking a deal on affordable child care with the federal Liberals if it accounts for what he described as the province's "unique"...
Aug 16, 2021
Fourth annual golf tournament bittersweet for Humboldt Broncos family and friends
Family and friends of the Humboldt Broncos gathered once again to celebrate and honour the 2017/2018 team with the Conexus Credit Union Humboldt Broncos Memorial Golf Tournament on Aug. 13-14.The four...
Aug 16, 2021
Frank Dunn Triathlon celebrates 40 years
The 40th annual Frank Dunn Triathlon came a year later than organizers were hoping for after COVID-19 forced the cancellation of last year's event. Over the weekend, they finally held the long-awaited...
Aug 16, 2021
