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Vancouver mayor will ask for handgun ban 'at earliest opportunity'
Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart says he will ask council to implement a handgun ban in the city using powers proposed under newly tabled federal legislation. The proposed legislation would allow munic...
Feb 16, 2021
Canada's vaccine supply from Europe remains secure: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he received further reassurance this week that Canada's expected supply of COVID-19 vaccines is secure. Trudeau says he spoke this morning with European Com...
Feb 16, 2021
Newfoundland sees COVID-19 cases decline as variant threat simmers
OTTAWA - Newfoundland and Labrador is reporting a sharp downturn in daily COVID-19 cases, with seven new cases confirmed today as fears over a rapidly spreading variant of the virus linger on the isla...
Feb 16, 2021
Labour group demands meeting over COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel pork plant in Red Deer
RED DEER, Alta. - The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour wants a meeting with the premier and provincial labour minister to ensure workplaces with COVID-19 outbreaks are shut down. Gil McGo...
Feb 16, 2021
Photographer assaulted during early morning walk through Nanaimo's downtown core
NANAIMO - RCMP are seeking witnesses to an assault in the city's downtown core. A 33-year-old man said he was attacked during a morning walk around 5 a.m. on Monday, Feb. 8 near the intersection of Fr...
Feb 16, 2021
ACM Awards show returns to Nashville venues in April
NASHVILLE - The Academy of Country Music Awards is coming back to Nashville for a second time to hold its awards show at three different venues. The ACM and dick clark productions announced on Tuesday...
Feb 16, 2021
Labour group demands meeting over COVID-19 outbreak at Olymel pork plant in Alberta
RED DEER, Alta. - The president of the Alberta Federation of Labour wants a meeting with the premier and provincial labour minister to ensure workplaces with COVID-19 outbreaks are shut down. Gil McGo...
Feb 16, 2021
O'Toole calls for relocation of Beijing Olympics due to China's 'genocide' of Uighurs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is calling on the government to push for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China amid "genocide" against minority Uighurs."I think Canadians would ...
Feb 16, 2021
O'Toole calls for relocation of Beijing Olympics due to China's 'genocide' of Uighurs
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole is calling on the government to push for the 2022 Winter Olympics to be moved outside China amid "genocide" against minority Uighurs. "I think Canadians would...
Feb 16, 2021
CPL champion Forge FC signs Belgian defender Daniel Krutzen to new multi-year deal
HAMILTON - Forge FC has re-signed Belgian defender Daniel Krutzen to a multi-year contract that will keep him in Hamilton through at least the 2022 season.The 24-year-old has made 49 appearances for F...
Feb 16, 2021