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Nunavut eases restrictions in some communities; rapid tests coming
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Restrictions are to ease in 15 Nunavut communities starting Monday as COVID-19 cases slowly drop across the territory. Outdoor gatherings in the communities will increase to 15 peop...
Feb 15, 2022
Blockade ends at Alberta-U.S. border crossing after more than two weeks
COUTTS, Alta. - Trucks and other vehicles with horns blaring have rolled out of a southern Alberta town, ending a blockade that paralyzed a United States border crossing for more than two weeks. Prote...
Feb 15, 2022
Study suggests climate change made B.C. floods at least twice as likely
Research from Environment Canada says the catastrophic floods that swamped much of southern British Columbia last fall were at least twice as likely because of climate change. The study concludes that...
Feb 15, 2022
CP NewsAlert: First Nation says 54 graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools
KEESEEKOOSE FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says 54 graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools. Keeseekoose First Nation says the ...
Feb 15, 2022
CP NewsAlert: First Nation says 54 graves at former Saskatchewan residential schools
KEESEEKOOSE FIRST NATION - A Saskatchewan First Nation says 54 graves have been found through ground-penetrating radar at the site of two former residential schools. Keeseekoose First Nation says the ...
Feb 15, 2022
Ottawa police Chief Peter Sloly resigns amid protests: councillor
OTTAWA - An Ottawa city councillor says police Chief Peter Sloly has resigned. Riley Brockington tweeted the news today as anti-vaccine mandate protesters continue to clog the downtown core of Canada'...
Feb 15, 2022
Lawyers: Sex abuse lawsuit against Prince Andrew settled
NEW YORK (AP) - A tentative settlement has been reached in a l awsuit accusing Prince Andrew of sexually abusing Virginia Giuffre when she was 17 years old in which the prince will make a substantial ...
Feb 15, 2022
Super Bowl has 101.1 million TV viewers, up from 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - An estimated 101.1 million people watched the Los Angeles Rams win the Super Bowl over the Cincinnati Bengals on NBC and Telemundo, up from 2021 and capping a stirring playoff schedule...
Feb 15, 2022
B.C. health officials expected to announce plan for easing some COVID-19 restrictions
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor is expected to announce the plan today for gradually easing public health restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19. The most recent public health o...
Feb 15, 2022
Ministers to announce changes to COVID-19 border restrictions today
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is expected to announce major changes to the border measures designed to counter to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. EST. Currently, th...
Feb 15, 2022