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Leafs eager to move beyond past failures: 'We don't carry the burden of 54 years'
TORONTO - Kyle Dubas heard the outside noise clamouring for off-season change. The Maple Leafs general manager even took phone calls from counterparts across the NHL testing the waters to see if Toron...
Sep 22, 2021
Quick List: Close races where mail-in ballots are deciding election results
OTTAWA - Several federal ridings may not have an elected member of Parliament until Thursday or even Friday, as Elections Canada continues the arduous task of verifying and counting more than 850,000 ...
Sep 22, 2021
CDC panel grapples with who needs a COVID-19 booster shot
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention grappled Wednesday with the question of which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots, with some members wond...
Sep 22, 2021
Jenica Atwin wins re-election after switch from Greens to Liberals in Fredericton
FREDERICTON - It took a couple of extra days to complete the counting, but Jenica Atwin has been re-elected in the riding of Fredericton - this time for the Liberals - by a slim margin of just over 50...
Sep 22, 2021
B.C. must shore up risk-crisis communications before, during, after wildfires: report
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - A report examining British Columbia's response to the record-setting wildfire seasons of 2017 and 2018 says improving communication with communities at risk of fire will save properti...
Sep 22, 2021
Nanaimo City workers rescue elderly couple from Estevan Rd. house fire
NANAIMO - City of Nanaimo crews conducting road work nearby leapt into action and helped an elderly couple escape an afternoon house fire.Multiple Nanaimo Fire Rescue units were called to the 1900 blo...
Sep 22, 2021
Blue Jays place Valera on COVID-related injured list, recall Smith from Bisons
TAMPA, Fla. - The Toronto Blue Jays placed infielder Breyvic Valera on the COVID-related injured list on Wednesday and recalled infielder Kevin Smith from triple-A Buffalo. The moves were announced sh...
Sep 22, 2021
Dumped Liberal candidate Kevin Vuong will sit as Independent MP if
OTTAWA - Kevin Vuong intends to sit as an Independent MP after being elected as a Liberal even though the party dumped him from the ticket. Vuong says in a statement that he intends to serve his const...
Sep 22, 2021
North Van stabbing suspect charged with 5 counts of attempted murder in March attack
VANCOUVER - Homicide investigators say more charges have been laid against the suspect in a stabbing attack that killed one woman and injured six other people in North Vancouver in March. A statement ...
Sep 22, 2021
Poll workers say Elections Canada put them at risk of contracting COVID-19
OTTAWA - A polling station officer was scared of contracting COVID-19 on Monday because Elections Canada didn't require workers to be fully vaccinated or allow them to request proof of a medical exemp...
Sep 22, 2021