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Defending champion Einarson wins opener as bubble play begins at Hearts
CALGARY - Defending champ Kerri Einarson opened play in the curling bubble with a 7-3 win over wild-card entry Mackenzie Zacharias at the Canadian women's curling championship on Friday night. With ca...
Feb 19, 2021
Raptors score last 11 to defeat Timberwolves 86-81
MINNEAPOLIS - Norman Powell scored a season-high 31 points and the Toronto Raptors beat the Minnesota Timberwolves 86-81 on Friday night, closing the game with an 11-0 run. Toronto earned its third st...
Feb 19, 2021
Gaetan Haas scores game-winner for Oilers in 2-1 win over Flames
CALGARY - Gaetan Haas scored the eventual game-winner for the Edmonton Oilers in a 2-1 win Friday over the host Calgary Flames. Jesse Puljujarvi scored his fifth goal in his last seven games for Edmon...
Feb 19, 2021
A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 47,850 new vaccinations administered for a total of 1,402,139...
Feb 19, 2021
Canada-US border closed to non-essential travel until at least March 21
OTTAWA - The border between Canada and the United States will remain closed to non-essential travel for at least another month.Public Safety Minister Bill Blair announced late Friday that the closure ...
Feb 19, 2021
Tory MP Cheryl Gallant accused of peddling 'deranged conspiracy theories' by Liberals
OTTAWA - Federal Liberals are accusing a Conservative MP of promoting "deranged conspiracy theories" akin to those promulgated by supporters of former U.S. president Donald Trump.They've pounced on vi...
Feb 19, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, Feb. 19, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, Feb. 19, 2021.There are 840,586 confirmed cases in Canada._ Canada: 840,586 confirmed cases (32,241 active, 786,7...
Feb 19, 2021
Director of care home with worst COVID-19 death toll in B.C. resigns
VANCOUVER - The executive director of a long-term care home that was the site of British Columbia's deadliest COVID-19 outbreak has resigned. Vancouver Coastal Health says in a statement that Little M...
Feb 19, 2021
Liberals using interpreter shortage to dodge accountability, Conservatives allege
OTTAWA - Federal Conservatives say the Liberals are using a pandemic-induced shortage of translators to shut down House of Commons committees when they raise issues that cause the government discomfor...
Feb 19, 2021
Florida governor: Flags will be at half-staff for Limbaugh
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - In honour of conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday announced he would order flags in Florida to be flown at half-staff when Limbaugh's body ...
Feb 19, 2021