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Choiceland man recalls surviving a near-fatal heart attack in support of Heart Month
On Jan. 16, Glen and Connie Kelsey left their Choiceland home to have a nice Saturday at their cottage in Candle Lake. They went snowshoeing and snowmobiling. Glen even snuck in some icefishing in the...
Feb 03, 2021
Ontario to reopen most schools on Monday, Toronto, Peel, York on Feb. 16
TORONTO - Students in Ontario regions hit hard by COVID-19 will begin returning to physical classrooms next week as the province said new infections were gradually declining and additional measures ha...
Feb 03, 2021
Hoback looks to create tax credit for home security systems
A Saskatchewan MP hopes to create a new tax credit aimed at helping Canadians purchase home security systems. Conservative Randy Hoback, MP for Prince Albert, is scheduled to begin debate on the bill ...
Feb 03, 2021
Veteran curler Wayne Middaugh to join Team Glenn Howard in Brier bubble next month
It will be like old times for Glenn Howard at the Tim Hortons Brier next month. The veteran skip will have longtime teammate Wayne Middaugh in tow at the March 5-14 national men's curling championship...
Feb 03, 2021
CF Montreal adds size, experience up front in Norwegian international Bjorn Johnsen
MONTREAL - CF Montreal added size and experience up front Wednesday by acquiring American-born Norwegian international forward Bjorn Johnsen from South Korea's Ulsan Hyundai club. The MLS team used ta...
Feb 03, 2021
Canadian human rights groups among coalition calling for Beijing Olympic boycott
TORONTO - Cheuk Kwan wants the world to remember what happened after numerous countries considered boycotting the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, but eventually agreed to participate. "The world should take ...
Feb 03, 2021
Senate committee accepts assisted-dying bill but amendments still to come
OTTAWA - A Senate committee has accepted without amendment a bill to expand access to medical assistance in dying.But the legal and constitutional affairs committee breezed through clause-by-clause st...
Feb 03, 2021
Judge denies CSIS request to collect foreign intelligence
OTTAWA - A court has put the brakes on a Canadian Security Intelligence Service request to collect foreign information, ruling a proposed technique would stray beyond the spy service's legal mandate. ...
Feb 03, 2021
'A really crazy adventure:' Arbuckle happy to be with Argonauts after eventful 2020
TORONTO - Three teams, three contract negotiations, a 33,000-kilometre relocation with another move on the way, a layoff caused by a global pandemic and a new baby. A lot has happened to Nick Arbuckle...
Feb 03, 2021
Wisconsin prosecutors seek Rittenhouse arrest, higher bond
MADISON, Wis. - Prosecutors asked a judge Wednesday for a new arrest warrant for an Illinois teen charged with shooting three people, killing two of them, during an anti-police protest in Wisconsin af...
Feb 03, 2021
