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Charest says leaders must listen to health experts on lifting federal COVID mandates
OTTAWA - Jean Charest says when it comes to lifting federal COVID-19 mandates, leaders should listen to health experts and not replace that advice with their own judgment. Federal Conservatives and th...
Mar 18, 2022
Canada's Einarson ran pandemic gauntlet to compete in a 'normal' world championship
Kerri Einarson's team spent the back half of their four years together curling through a pandemic, and posted some of their greatest successes during that time. Eyebrows raised when a team of former s...
Mar 18, 2022
Receiver Justin Hardy among three Americans signed by Ottawa Redblacks.
American receiver Justin Hardy, who played in a Super Bowl with the Atlanta Falcons, was among three players signed Friday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Hardy, 30, spent five seasons with Atlanta (2015-19)...
Mar 18, 2022
In video call, Biden presses China's Xi on Russia support
WASHINGTON (AP) - Key figures for a war half a world away, President Joe Biden and China's Xi Jinping spoke for nearly two hours on Friday as the White House looked to deter Beijing from providing mil...
Mar 18, 2022
Bump in COVID-19 cases 'not unexpected' as public health measures lifted, Tam says
OTTAWA - Chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam says increased COVID-19 transmission is "not unexpected" as public health measures are lifted and cases pick up internationally. Tam says the numbe...
Mar 18, 2022
Unlikely playoff push complicates trade deadline for new Canucks front office
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have not made Jim Rutherford's job easy. The team languished at the bottom of the Pacific Division standings when Rutherford was appointed president of hockey operati...
Mar 18, 2022
Arkansas deputy guilty of negligent homicide in teen's death
CABOT, Ark. (AP) - A former Arkansas deputy was found guilty Friday of negligent homicide but acquitted of the more serious offense of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of a white teenager whose deat...
Mar 18, 2022
Bayern says Canada's Alphonso Davies several weeks away from returning to action
MUNICH - Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian soccer star Alphonso Davies is still several weeks away from returning to action. That prognosis would rule him out of Canada's final thr...
Mar 18, 2022
Russia-Ukraine war: Key things to know about the conflict
Russian forces are striking Ukrainian cities from a distance again, pounding the capital of Kyiv and the country's west as their ground offensive inches forward in the face of fierce Ukrainian resista...
Mar 18, 2022
Updated Nanaimo animal bylaw catching some dog owners by surprise
NANAIMO - A bylaw which adjusts some rules regarding stray cats and intact dogs is starting to make an impact. The City of Nanaimo adopted the Animal Responsibility Bylaw in September 2021 and pet own...
Mar 18, 2022