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Proof of vaccination will be required for Greater Vernon 2022 B.C. Winter Games
VERNON B.C. - Visitors, volunteers and participants in the Greater Vernon 2022 B.C. Winter Games will be required to provide proof of full vaccination against COVID-19.The B.C. Games Society Board of ...
Oct 22, 2021
Ashley Lawrence to miss Canada friendlies against New Zealand due to injury
Canada will be without Ashley Lawrence when it takes on New Zealand in a pair of women's soccer friendlies. The Canadians, currently ranked sixth on the world, play the 23rd-ranked Football Ferns on S...
Oct 22, 2021
Privacy czar probing complaints about federal public service vaccination requirement
OTTAWA - The federal privacy watchdog is investigating "a number of complaints" about the government's COVID-19 vaccination requirement for public servants. In a statement today, privacy commissioner ...
Oct 22, 2021
Kelowna announces vaccination policy for staff
KELOWNA B.C. - Kelowna is the latest B.C. city to introduce mandatory vaccines for its employees.The city said on Friday all staff will need to be fully vaccinated by Dec. 13 as a condition of employm...
Oct 22, 2021
Defence Department vows to examine extremism in Canadian-trained foreign troops
OTTAWA - The Defence Department is vowing to review how the military screens for extremist views in the foreign troops it trains. The move comes after a report found that far-right extremists in the U...
Oct 22, 2021
Iqaluit to provide update on water crisis, hospital continues to postpone surgeries
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The City of Iqaluit is set to provide an update later today on the results of additional water testing. The city's 8,000 or so residents haven't been able to consume tap water for 1...
Oct 22, 2021
Bloc Québécois says Quebec's status as a nation means it must not lose a seat
OTTAWA - YvesFranois Blanchet says Quebec deserves more seats in Ottawa, not fewer, as proposed by Elections Canada. The Bloc Qubcois leader says as Quebec is officially recognized as a nation, it des...
Oct 22, 2021
Canada considers what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses
OTTAWA - Canada must decide what to do with millions of unused COVID-19 vaccine doses now that officials have confirmed they won't be needed to vaccinate children. Roughly 6.6-million doses have been ...
Oct 22, 2021
Not the time to 'freely go wherever,' says Tam as non-essential travel advisory lifts
OTTAWA - Canadians should carefully weigh any future decisions on taking foreign trips even though the federal government has lifted a global advisory asking them to avoid non-essential travel, health...
Oct 22, 2021
Quebec is relaxing COVID-19 restrictions, but dance floors remain empty
MONTREAL - For Montreal DJ Marc-Andr Patry, there's no point performing if people can't dance. "I wouldn't go to the museum for an exhibition and look at a piece of art on the wall if it was 80 per ce...
Oct 22, 2021