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High pathogenic Avian Influenza on N.L. exhibition farm, area under quarantine: CFIA
Canada's food safety watchdog says it has confirmed cases of high pathogenic Avian Influenza at an exhibition farm in Newfoundland and Labrador. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency says in a release W...
Dec 22, 2021
High court to hold special session on vaccine requirements
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court says it will hold a special session in just over two weeks to hear arguments on the Biden administration's vaccine or testing requirement for large employers and a ...
Dec 22, 2021
Canadian forward Jonathan David's late goal rescues Lille in Bordeaux
BORDEAUX, France - Canadian striker Jonathan David scored the winning goal Wednesday as defending champion Lille rallied twice at Bordeaux to win 3-2 in French Ligue 1 play. Tiago Djalo started the pl...
Dec 22, 2021
Top Stories of 2021: Deal struck to establish passenger-only ferry between Nanaimo and Vancouver
NANAIMO - Establishing a long-awaited and much anticipated passenger-only fast ferry between Nanaimo and Vancouver received a significant jolt this year.An agreement between Toronto-based private equi...
Dec 22, 2021
Former Bottcher vice Darren Moulding to join Team James Grattan
It didn't take long for Darren Moulding's phone to start blowing up after news of his departure from Team Brendan Bottcher was made official earlier this month. Fresh from an in-person meeting where h...
Dec 22, 2021
RCMP seek items possibly linked to stabbing of Nanaimo couple
NANAIMO - Police hope the public can help find several personal items believed to have been discarded following a shocking stabbing in Nanaimo.A couple in their 60's were stabbed in their Northumberla...
Dec 22, 2021
Omicron prompts University of British Columbia courses to go temporarily online
VANCOUVER - The University of British Columbia is moving its classes temporarily online at both its Vancouver and Okanagan campuses in the new year because of the Omicron variant of COVID-19. In a sta...
Dec 22, 2021
Users of Access to Information Act complain of delays, secrecy and inconsistencies
OTTAWA - Canadians using the Access to Information Act have voiced concerns about excessive delays in producing government records and even a "culture of secrecy." The findings come in an interim repo...
Dec 22, 2021
Authorities: Carbon monoxide caused deaths of 7 in Minnesota
MOORHEAD, Minn. (AP) - Seven members of an immigrant family from Honduras whose bodies were found inside a Minnesota home last weekend died of carbon monoxide poisoning, authorities said Wednesday. Re...
Dec 22, 2021
Liberal MP censured for defying advice on non-essential travel
OTTAWA - A Liberal MP has been censured by his party's chief whip for defying advice not to travel out of the country unless essential. Chief government whip Steven MacKinnon says he is profoundly dis...
Dec 22, 2021