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Sask. residents split on $500 affordability payments
There are a lot of different reactions to the $500 payments coming to Saskatchewan residents this fall.On Monday, Premier Scott Moe announced the payments, which are aimed to make life more affordable...
Aug 24, 2022
Quebec official says Omicron-targeted bivalent vaccine ready in 'less than two weeks'
MONTREAL - Quebec's public health director says a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine targeting both the original strain of COVID-19 and the Omicron variant should be available in less than two weeks. Dr. Luc B...
Aug 24, 2022
Dogs on deck at Kinsmen Pool
It was a moment's pause in normal operations on Monday as canines cooled themselves at the Kinsmen Water Park for the first time. Michelle Hardstaff brought her dog, Jed, to the pool because she wante...
Aug 24, 2022
More than 1.3 million immigration applications still in backlog
OTTAWA - Immigration Minister Sean Fraser says his department is going on a hiring spree to bring 1,250 new employees on board by the end of the fall to tackle massive backlogs in processing applicati...
Aug 24, 2022
Belarus' Azarenka dropped from Ukraine exhibition at US Open
NEW YORK (AP) - Two-time major champion and former No. 1 Victoria Azarenka was dropped Wednesday from a pre-U.S. Open exhibition event raising money for humanitarian assistance in Ukraine. Azarenka is...
Aug 24, 2022
Head of federal telecom regulator did not breach Conflict of Interest Act: watchdog
OTTAWA - The federal ethics watchdog says the head of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not breach the Conflict of Interest Act when he held meetings with large telec...
Aug 24, 2022
Maier gets nod ahead of veteran Bo Levi Mitchell for Calgary Stampeders
WINNIPEG - A first for Jake Maier. The second-year quarterback will be Calgary's starter Thursday night when the Stampeders (6-3) visit the Winnipeg Blue Bombers (9-1). The start will be Maier's fourt...
Aug 24, 2022
Canada back on top of the women's hockey world, but work continues to stay there
Canada's women's hockey team starts the world championship remembering the words of a man who climbed Mount Everest twice. Jamie Clarke, a Canadian adventurer who reached the top of the world's highes...
Aug 24, 2022
A team-by-team look at the women's world hockey championship field
A capsule look at the 10 teams competing in the 2022 women's world ice hockey championship in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark. Listed in order of finish in Calgary in 2021. CANADA The reigning worl...
Aug 24, 2022
RCMP Commissioner Lucki grilled at N.S. inquiry about failure to implement reforms
HALIFAX - RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki is facing questions today at a public inquiry into the 2020 Nova Scotia mass shooting on why the police force didn't move more swiftly to implement recommendat...
Aug 24, 2022
