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Canada offering help as COVAX vaccine alliance pleads for more cash
OTTAWA - Canada is considering sending more money or ancillary vaccine supplies to the COVAX global vaccine sharing alliance after a plea from the organizers that it was running out of cash. COVAX cel...
Feb 01, 2022
Ontario will stick to reopening plan despite warning from science panel, premier says
Ontario and Quebec are each reporting 63 additional deaths linked to COVID-19, one day after the two provinces began relaxing pandemic-related restrictions. In Ontario, a panel of scientists that advi...
Feb 01, 2022
Police looking for armed robbery suspect in North Battleford
Battlefords RCMP are investigating an armed robbery from Monday evening.A lone male suspect entered a business on the 1100 block of 107th St. in North Battleford, shortly after 5:00 p.m. Upon entering...
Feb 01, 2022
Former Toronto FC winger Tsubasa Endoh signs short-term deal with Melbourne FC
MELBOURNE, Australia - Former Toronto FC winger Tsubasa Endoh has joined Melbourne City FC, signing a six-month contract with the defending A-League champion. Melbourne City director of football Micha...
Feb 01, 2022
Sask. couple donates $450,000 to Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation
The Jim Pattison Children's Hospital Foundation have received a significant donation thanks to a Saskatchewan couple.Donna and Steve Kraus donated $450,000 for specialized care for children and soon-t...
Feb 01, 2022
In U.S., Trump and his acolytes paying attention to ongoing protests in Canada
WASHINGTON - Ongoing protests in Canada over COVID-19 restrictions have been garnering attention south of the border. Donald Trump himself shouted out Ottawa's so-called "trucker convoy" during a spee...
Feb 01, 2022
Canada calls up Zachary Brault-Guillard for World Cup qualifier in El Salvador
Canada has called up defender Zachary Brault-Guillard ahead of its World Cup qualifier in El Salvador. The Canadian men will be without centre back Steven Vitoria, who picked up a second yellow card i...
Feb 01, 2022
Indigenous-led bid to bring 2030 Games to Vancouver and Whistler takes next step
VANCOUVER - An Indigenous-led partnership has taken the next step in exploring a potential bid to host the 2030 Winter Olympics and Paralympics. The agreement announced Tuesday between four First Nati...
Feb 01, 2022
'I'm just exhausted': Inside a Toronto hospital during the Omicron wave of COVID-19
TORONTO - Paula Abramcyzk sighs at the unknown her day will bring. Odds are, in the heart of the Omicron wave, someone will die in the intensive care unit at Humber River Hospital in Toronto. The ICU ...
Feb 01, 2022
North Battleford Water Tower lights to keep on shining
The City of North Battleford continued its commitment to ensure the decorative lights on the Water Tower stay on.Yvonne Nyholt, a local resident who helped organize a fundraiser in 2008 to replace the...
Feb 01, 2022