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CMHC has projects underway to help build greener housing in Canada
OTTAWA - The chief climate officer for Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says the federal agency has "lots underway" to encourage the construction of more sustainable housing. Steven Mennill says a fi...
Nov 09, 2021
Over 1,500 toxic illicit drug deaths in B.C. in first nine months of 2021: coroner
VICTORIA - The latest numbers from British Columbia's coroner show suspected illicit drug toxicity deaths set new records in August and September, pushing total overdose deaths to another record for t...
Nov 09, 2021
UAE FM visit signals Arab world willing to engage with Syria
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) - The foreign minister of the United Arab Emirates met with Syria's once widely shunned president in Damascus on Tuesday, sending the strongest signal yet that the Arab world is w...
Nov 09, 2021
Argos' Law, Bombers' Bighill, Riders' Leonard named CFL top performers of the week
Toronto Argonauts defensive lineman Cordarro Law, Winnipeg Blue Bombers linebacker Adam Bighill and Saskatchewan Roughriders defensive lineman A.C. Leonard are the CFL top performers of the week. Law ...
Nov 09, 2021
Planning for Canada-U.S. treaty talks on Line 5 'well underway,' Canada says
WASHINGTON - Court documents filed by the federal government say planning is well underway for bilateral talks in the dispute over the Line 5 cross-border pipeline. A proposed motion filed last week i...
Nov 09, 2021
Island poised to set new records for drug toxicity deaths
NANAIMO - The grip of B.C.'s toxic drug crisis continues to tighten around Vancouver Island and the province as a whole.The BC Coroners Service reported 1,534 people across the province have died due ...
Nov 09, 2021
Nunavut MP Lori Idlout to take oath in Inuktitut, in ceremony lit by seal-oil lamps
OTTAWA - Lori Idlout, the new MP for Nunavut, is to be sworn in as an MP in Inuktitut, her mother tongue. The House of Commons is paying for translation services for the formal ceremony, which will ta...
Nov 09, 2021
Pfizer-BioNTech gets approval for COVID-19 booster vaccine in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Canada has approved a booster of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for people over the age of 18. The booster is designed to help people with their first two COVID-19 vaccine doses ma...
Nov 09, 2021
Drone video at Rittenhouse murder trial shows first shooting
KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) - The jury at Kyle Rittenhouse's murder trial Tuesday watched drone video that showed Rittenhouse wheeling around and shooting Joseph Rosenbaum at close range during a night of turb...
Nov 09, 2021
Canada's women's basketball team opens camp in Toronto
TORONTO - WNBA players Natalie Achonwa and Bridget Carleton headline the roster for this week's Canada's women's basketball camp, the team's first step toward the 2024 Paris Olympics. No coach has bee...
Nov 09, 2021