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Nunavut orders full lockdown, bans gatherings, over rising COVID-19 cases
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut has ordered an immediate "circuit-breaker" lockdown over rising COVID-19 cases in various communities. The government said Friday that all indoor gatherings are banned and a...
Dec 24, 2021
Feds still plan to act on credit card fees as merchants worry over pandemic delays
OTTAWA - The Finance Department says the federal government hasn't abandoned a Liberal pledge to lower the fees merchants pay every time a shopper pays with a credit card. The Liberals promised in the...
Dec 24, 2021
Polls suggest decline in mental health, but point to clues on how to address it
OTTAWA - A review of polling data is giving a new look at the toll the COVID-19 pandemic is having on the mental health of Canadians. The review is based on a series of online Leger surveys over the c...
Dec 24, 2021
In Christmas message, Trudeau says Canadians can be hopeful amid the pandemic
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says there is still reason for Canadians to be hopeful despite the ongoing crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic. In his annual Christmas message, Trudeau says that wh...
Dec 24, 2021
IIHF cancels U18 women's championship for second straight year due to COVID concerns
The International Ice Hockey Federation announced Friday that tournaments scheduled to begin in January have been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns, including the under-18 women's world championship....
Dec 24, 2021
Simon Fraser, UVic, UNBC plan virtual start to university term as pandemic surges
VANCOUVER - Three more British Columbia universities are rejigging the start of their winter terms as the Omicron variant of COVID-19 swells cases of the virus across the province. Simon Fraser Univer...
Dec 24, 2021
Rare white Christmas in store for Nanaimo, Oceanside region
NANAIMO - It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.Environment Canada Meteorologist Brian Proctor said a series of systems bringing sporadic snow and freezing rain has led to snow on the ground Chr...
Dec 24, 2021
Queuing for COVID boosters and deadly ferry fire: In The News for Dec. 24
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 24 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 24, 2021
Ferry fire kills at least 37 in southern Bangladesh
DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) - A massive fire swept through a crowded river ferry in southern Bangladesh early Friday, leaving at least 37 dead and 72 injured, as passengers jumped off the vessel and swam t...
Dec 24, 2021
COVID-19 has been a lesson in Greek letters, one variant at a time
VANCOUVER - The Greek alphabet arrived on the world stage and into everyday lexicon riding on waves of the novel coronavirus as the World Health Organization began naming variants in the Glagolitic sc...
Dec 24, 2021