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Courts will have to consider reasonableness of delays during COVID-19, experts say
TORONTO - Canadian courts grappling with the aftermath of pandemic closures and restrictions will have to parse out how much of the delays during COVID-19 should be deemed reasonable and unavoidable a...
Mar 14, 2022
'Rules are rules' says Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo about unvaccinated opponents
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays manager Charlie Montoyo says "rules are rules" when it comes to Canada's COVID-19 regulations. Montoyo made his comments a day after New York Yankees manager Aaron Bo...
Mar 14, 2022
Poilievre pitches to new immigrants, as Brown attacks him over 2015 niqab ban bill
OTTAWA - Patrick Brown, the newest entrant in the Conservative leadership race, kicked off his campaign by blasting opponent Pierre Poilievre over his presence in the party in 2015 when it pushed crea...
Mar 14, 2022
Bombers football club tells Manitoba Liberals to stop selling items with 'W' logo
WINNIPEG - The Manitoba Liberal Party has been told to stop selling merchandise with a "W" logo because it appears similar to that of the Canadian Football League's Winnipeg Blue Bombers. A spokespers...
Mar 14, 2022
Wisconsin Democrats vie for edge in crowded Senate race
MADISON, Wis. (AP) - Democrats in the crowded primary race for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin are trying to distinguish themselves through traditional campaign tactics, like million-dollar television ad buy...
Mar 14, 2022
Federal study details workers whose extra earnings get dinged most by tax system
OTTAWA - A new study from the Finance Department suggests that single parents, lower-income households and recent immigrants are more likely to lose more for extra earnings than most other groups of w...
Mar 14, 2022
Canada's bobsled, skeleton athletes stand resolute in call for resignations
Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are rejecting mediation, and "stand resolute" in their request for the resignations of two of their national sport organization's executives. A group that has gr...
Mar 14, 2022
Psychiatric evaluation ordered for man accused of Nanaimo coffee shop homicide
NANAIMO - A month-long psychiatric assessment will help guide the next legal steps in the case of a shocking murder at a Nanaimo coffee shop.A provincial court judge accepted an application by James C...
Mar 14, 2022
Red Cross chief: Ukraine war 'nothing short of a nightmare'
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - The ongoing Russian war on Ukraine has become "nothing short of a nightmare" for those living in besieged cities, a top Red Cross official said Monday, calling for s...
Mar 14, 2022
Paralympic sport in a far better place thanks to Canada's McKeever, Westlake, Bridges
When Billy Bridges first made the national Para-hockey team back in 1998, players had to buy their own Canada jerseys off the rack at a sporting goods store. They paid to have their names ironed on th...
Mar 14, 2022