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Veteran fullback Justin Morrow back for eighth season with Toronto FC
TORONTO - Veteran fullback Justin Morrow will be back for an eighth season with Toronto FC. The MLS team announced Tuesday that the 33-year-old from Cleveland has signed a new deal covering the 2021 s...
Feb 23, 2021
SaskParks announces enhanced reservation system for 2021
When campers reserve their camping sites this year they will notice SaskParks have acquired a new vendor to provide an enhanced reservation system.According to Minh Truong, the Director of Park Experi...
Feb 23, 2021
Jennifer Jones reaches record in career Tournament of Hearts wins
CALGARY - Jennifer Jones reached a Canadian women's curling championship record for career wins Tuesday with her 153rd victory. Manitoba's Jones defeated Sarah Hill of Newfoundland and Labrador 6-5 in...
Feb 23, 2021
COVID-19 cases more than double in federal prisons during second wave of pandemic
OTTAWA - Canada's prison ombudsman is calling for alternatives to incarceration in a new report that shows the number of COVID-19 cases at federal facilities more than doubled in the second wave.Corre...
Feb 23, 2021
Government agrees people with mental illness should have access to MAID — in 2 years
OTTAWA - The Trudeau government has agreed with the Senate that Canadians suffering solely from grievous and irremediable mental illnesses should be entitled to receive medical assistance in dying - b...
Feb 23, 2021
'I don't want a small town:' Airport leaders rally to save control towers
REGINA - Eleven months into the COVID-19 pandemic, silence fills Regina's airport. Empty check-in counters line one side of the terminal while the odd employee moves behind reception along a row of ve...
Feb 23, 2021
B.C. advocates say relaxed drug offence penalties not enough amid deadly supply
VANCOUVER - Federal government proposals to relax penalties for personal drug possession are a positive step forward for Vancouver's former drug czar, but they're too small to address skyrocketing ove...
Feb 23, 2021
Top doctor says vaccines could allow toughest restrictions to lift before September
OTTAWA - Canada's chief public health officer says results from COVID-19 vaccinations so far are encouraging enough that she thinks the need for massive lockdowns could be over before the end of the s...
Feb 23, 2021
The latest developments on COVID-19 in Canada on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2021
The latest developments on the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada (all times eastern): 11:10 a.m. The Quebec government is announcing 739 new cases of COVID-19 and 13 additional deaths linked to the pandemic...
Feb 23, 2021
Macklem points to child care, education to help ease protracted employment recovery
OTTAWA - The governor of the Bank of Canada says governments could increase access to child care and reduce its cost to help the labour market rebound, and reduce the risk of long-term economic scarri...
Feb 23, 2021