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A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - The National Advisory Committee on Immunization is recommending teenagers with underlying conditions or at high risk of COVID-19 exposure get a booster ...
Jan 28, 2022
Family Day eyed as potential target to lift some COVID-19 restrictions
NANAIMO - B.C.'s provincial health officer is staying true to her word suggesting the province is on the right side of COVID-19's fifth wave.During a media briefing on Friday, Jan. 28, Dr. Bonnie Henr...
Jan 28, 2022
B.C. could lift more COVID restrictions starting on Family Day: top doctor
VICTORIA - British Columbia's top doctor says COVID-19 restrictions on social gatherings are expected to be gradually lifted next month, starting on Family Day. Dr. Bonnie Henry says that's possible i...
Jan 28, 2022
Source: TFC acquires Mexican defender Carlos Salcedo, transfers Yeferson Soteldo
Toronto FC has acquired Mexican international defender Carlos Salcedo from Mexico's Tigres UANL as a designated player through 2024, with Venezuelan international winger Yeferson Soteldo going the oth...
Jan 28, 2022
Nord Stream 2 pipeline a sanctions option if Russia invades Ukraine: German envoy
OTTAWA - Germany's ambassador to Canada says a controversial gas pipeline that links to Russia beneath the Baltic Sea could be part of a broader package of sanctions should Russia invade Ukraine. Amba...
Jan 28, 2022
N.L.'s Memorial University apologizes for anti-Black racism after slur used in course
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Memorial University's vice-provost of equity, diversity and inclusion says a video that appears to show an instructor at the school use a racial slur during a lecture is a sign that...
Jan 28, 2022
Star linebacker Simoni Lawrence returning to Hamilton for ninth season
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats have re-signed star linebacker Simoni Lawrence. The 32-year-old was the East Division's nominee for the 2021 CFL outstanding defensive player after posting 73 defens...
Jan 28, 2022
Nanaimo man charged with murdering fellow inmate in Alberta
NANAIMO - A local man behind bars in an Alberta prison is now accused of murder following the death of another inmate.Ashley Laird Baird, 38, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Jeffr...
Jan 28, 2022
MétisMétis National Council takes former president, Manitoba Métis to court
The Mtis National Council has filed a lawsuit against its former president and the Manitoba Mtis Federation alleging financial irregularities and questionable contracts. President Cassidy Caron says a...
Jan 28, 2022
Iqaluit lifts precautionary boil-water advisory, bypass system still being used
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Nunavut's Health Department has lifted a precautionary boil-water advisory for the city of Iqaluit. The capital's 8,000 people had been under the advisory since Jan. 19 when the cit...
Jan 28, 2022