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CPNewsAlert: Quebec to reopen restaurant dining rooms next week
MONTREAL - Restaurant dining rooms in Quebec will be able to reopen beginning next week as part of a gradual easing of COVID-19 measures that have been in place since December. Quebec Premier Franois ...
Jan 25, 2022

Dry February for Canadian Cancer Society
What is Dry Feb?Dry Feb is a fundraiser that challenges you to go alcohol-free in February and raise funds for the Canadian Cancer Society. It helps you get healthy while also raising funds to make a ...
Jan 25, 2022

2nd NYPD officer dies, days after Harlem shooting
NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City police officer gravely wounded in a Harlem shooting that took his partner's life last week has also died of his injuries, police Commissioner Keechant Sewell said Tuesd...
Jan 25, 2022

Second North Battleford Scouts celebrate season with Winter Carnival
The second North Battleford Scouts are making the most of the outdoors this winter, as they recently held a special Winter Carnival to take part in a number of seasonal activities.Featuring events fro...
Jan 25, 2022

Nunavut community locks down due to COVID-19 cases, Iqaluit jail faces outbreak
IQALUIT, Nunavut - One Nunavut community is under a strict lockdown as COVID-19 spreads rapidly among households. All offices and schools in the Baffin Island community of Igloolik, where about 1,600 ...
Jan 25, 2022

Calgary Stampeders re-sign five-time all-star kicker Rene Paredes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed five-time CFL all-star kicker Rene Paredes. Paredes was set to become a free agent next month, but instead is returning to the team he has spent 10 seas...
Jan 25, 2022

'It's solvable': Banff RCMP hoping to identify man's remains recovered decades ago
BANFF, Alta. - RCMP are hoping to solve the mystery of remains found more than two decades ago in Alberta's Banff National Park. The skeleton of a Caucasian man between the age of 19 and 35 was discov...
Jan 25, 2022

Herdman draws on players from clubs in 11 countries for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
Coach John Herdman has drawn on players from clubs in 11 different countries for three crucial World Cup qualifiers. While some players were still in transit after weekend club matches, the Canadian m...
Jan 25, 2022

Only 51 per cent of children aged 5 to 11 have had at least one vaccine dose
As the Omicron variant continues to strain Canadian hospitals, a vaccine hesitancy expert is voicing concern about the slow vaccination rate of children between the ages of five and 11. In the two mon...
Jan 25, 2022

Saskatoon’s 99-year-old bowler proving she’s still got game
Simone Kuckartz has been bowling for as long as she can remember.Even during the pandemic, Kuckartz would prefer to be out knocking down some pins enjoying company, rather than miss out on all the fun...
Jan 25, 2022