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A look at COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada on Friday, March 26, 2021
The latest numbers on COVID-19 vaccinations in Canada as of 10:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 26, 2021. In Canada, the provinces are reporting 217,025 new vaccinations administered for a total of 4,800,7...
Mar 26, 2021

New-look Raptors drop 104-100 loss to Phoenix Suns
TAMPA, Fla. - Chris Paul and Deandre Ayton had 19 points apiece to lead the Phoenix Suns to a 104-100 victory over the new-look Toronto Raptors on Friday. Pascal Siakam had 26 points and 11 rebounds f...
Mar 26, 2021

Canadian government approves reduced quarantine for NHL players crossing the border
The federal government has waived its mandatory 14-day quarantine period for players acquired by Canadian NHL teams from U.S. clubs "under national interest grounds" ahead of the league's April 12 tra...
Mar 26, 2021

The latest numbers on COVID-19 in Canada for Friday, March 26, 2021
The latest numbers of confirmed COVID-19 cases in Canada as of 7:30 p.m. ET on Friday, March 26, 2021. There are 956,655 confirmed cases in Canada. <b>_ Canada: 956,655 confirmed cases (40,360 a...
Mar 26, 2021

Province grants Red Deer College new baccalaureate degree
Red Deer College officially has its first baccalaureate degree outside applied programming, a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences.Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides made the annou...
Mar 26, 2021

'Inspirational:' First chief justice of Nunavut, Beverley Browne, dies at age 68
IQALUIT, Nunavut - The first chief justice in Canada's largest and youngest territory has died at age 68.Court officials say Beverley Browne, who was Nunavut's top judge for 10 years, died Wednesday i...
Mar 26, 2021

6N: France gifts Scotland historic win and Wales the title
PARIS - France gifted Scotland a last-gasp try to lose 27-23 and handed Wales the Six Nations title on Friday. France had the match in hand at 23-20 up in injury time, but fullback Brice Dulin bizarre...
Mar 26, 2021

Red Deer up to 178 active cases of COVID-19
Alberta added three to its death toll Friday, giving the province a total of 1,979 since the pandemic began in March 2020.That's also an increase of 22 in the last week. The three most recent occurred...
Mar 26, 2021

PHAC head says Privacy Act prevents explanation for firing of two scientists
OTTAWA - The president of the Public Health Agency of Canada is refusing to explain why two Canadian government scientists were let go 18 months after being escorted from Canada's highest-security lab...
Mar 26, 2021

Judge rejects fashion mogul Peter Nygard's appeal of decision that denied him bail
WINNIPEG - A Canadian fashion leader facing sex trafficking and racketeering charges in the United States will have to remain in jail after an unsuccessful attempt to appeal an earlier ruling that den...
Mar 26, 2021