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Expectations high as rejuvenated Whitecaps kick off pre-season training
VANCOUVER - After tasting the playoffs last season, the Vancouver Whitecaps are hungrier than ever. The club finished the 2021 Major League Soccer campaign with a 12-9-13 record, good for sixth in the...
Jan 17, 2022
Man pronounced dead after being hit by vehicle on Big River First Nation
Big River RCMP said a man has died after he was hit by a vehicle on the Big River First Nation. Police said this was determined after a preliminary investigation.After the man was struck by the vehicl...
Jan 17, 2022
COVID-19 linked to death of four-year-old girl in Quebec City
QUEBEC - A Quebec City hospital announced today that a four-year old girl has died from causes linked to COVID-19. The CHU de Qubec-Universit Laval offered condolences to the family of the child but s...
Jan 17, 2022
Winter storm causing school closures, transportation disruptions in parts of Ontario
A winter storm of rare proportions blanketed much of southern Ontario with heavy snow Monday, causing widespread school closures and travel disruptions, at one point shutting down two major highways. ...
Jan 17, 2022
Veteran Toronto Argonauts linebacker Dexter McCoil Sr. announces retirement
Dexter McCoil Sr. is calling it a career. The Toronto Argonauts veteran linebacker announced his retirement Monday via Twitter. "There is always a time where every good thing must come to an end," McC...
Jan 17, 2022
Nishnawbe Aski Nation calling on Ottawa, Ontario to better fund fire services
TORONTO - An organization representing First Nations in northwestern Ontario is calling on the federal and provincial governments to provide better fire prevention and protection funding in Indigenous...
Jan 17, 2022
Quebec may never get the full story behind COVID-19 care home deaths, coroner warns
Quebec coroner Ghane Kamel said Monday that grieving families may never get the full story behind the thousands of deaths that occurred in long-term care homes during the first wave of COVID-19. Kamel...
Jan 17, 2022
Battlefords members get loan extension, new rapid test distribution
Businesses in Saskatchewan have a slight extension on when it comes to loan payments.The Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) program, provides interest-free, partially forgivable loans to small b...
Jan 17, 2022
Wapass trial interrupted due to COVID-19 concern
The trial for Ivor Antoine Wapass took an unexpected break Monday as a COVID-19 precaution.Wapass, 47, is charged with second-degree murder in the death of Roger Standingwater, 57, on Sept. 15, 2018. ...
Jan 17, 2022
Synagogues told "be vigilant" after Texas hostage siege; Toronto police boost patrols
OTTAWA - Jewish community leaders are advising Canadian synagogues to increase their level of vigilance in case of a "copycat" attack following a hostage taking at a Texas synagogue this weekend. Toro...
Jan 17, 2022