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Fast-moving Omicron variant prompts additional COVID-19 measures in B.C.: ministry
VICTORIA - More health measures could be coming in British Columbia one day after restrictions aimed at slowing the spread of COVID-19 took effect. Health Minister Adrian Dix, Public Safety Minister M...
Dec 21, 2021
Cameron a more seasoned coach in return to Canadian junior hockey team's bench
Ottawa 67's general manager James Boyd was bouncing potential coaching candidates off his longtime friend Dave Cameron when Boyd took a flyer. "All of a sudden I asked the question 'would you ever be ...
Dec 21, 2021
Feds moving to ban plastic straws, bags by end of 2022: Guilbeault
OTTAWA - It's the end of days for plastic grocery bags and Styrofoam takeout containers in Canada. The federal government is publishing the draft regulations that will ban the manufacture, import and ...
Dec 21, 2021
Jury deliberations resume at Ghislaine Maxwell trial
NEW YORK (AP) - A jury resumed deliberations Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell. The jury in Manhattan federal court went back to work in a large room where th...
Dec 21, 2021
Federal Liberals slash criminal pardon application fee to $50 as of new year
OTTAWA - The federal fee to apply for a criminal pardon will drop to $50 from almost $658 as of the new year. The move announced today fulfils one element of a promise by the Liberals to improve the s...
Dec 21, 2021
New COVID restrictions, Tories boycott security committee : In The News for Dec. 21
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Dec. 21 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Dec 21, 2021
Small businesses again struggling amid capacity limits
Surging COVID-19 cases brought on by the spread of the Omicron variant have put a damper on the "most wonderful time of year" for small business owners, as multiple provinces reinstate tough public he...
Dec 21, 2021
Tories boycott security committee over refusal to release docs on fired scientists
OTTAWA - Erin O'Toole is refusing to name Conservative members to the national security and intelligence committee of parliamentarians. The Conservative leader pulled his party's MPs from the committe...
Dec 21, 2021
Canada, allies must confront China challenge united after two Michaels: Trudeau
OTTAWA - Canada owes no debts to its allies, including the United States, for their help in standing up to China and bringing the Meng Wanzhou-two Michaels affair to a close, says Prime Minister Justi...
Dec 21, 2021
Quebec looks beyond hydroelectricity as last planned megaproject set to wrap
MONTREAL - Quebec's hydro dams have long provided its residents cheap electricity and bragging rights in the race to reduce global carbon emissions, with Premier Franois Legault suggesting the provinc...
Dec 21, 2021