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Contagious variant of COVID-19 now identified in all 10 provinces as P.E.I. logs case
A contagious variant of COVID-19 has now made its way to all 10 provinces in Canada, officials announced Saturday as the nation's top doctor warned yet again of the dangers of lifting public health re...
Feb 13, 2021
Illness forces Canadian Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off UFC 258 undercard
LAS VEGAS - Illness forced Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off the UFC 258 undercard Saturday night.The UFC did not specify the illness other than to say it was not COVID-19 related....
Feb 13, 2021
Red Deer with 363 active COVID-19 cases, Alberta hospitalizations down again
Alberta confirmed 305 new cases of COVID-19 on Saturday.That's out of 8,070 test results over the past 24 hours for a positivity rate of about 3.8 per cent.The number of active cases in the province i...
Feb 13, 2021
Canadian men's water polo team finalizes roster for Olympic qualifier
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - The Canadian men's water polo team finalized its roster Saturday for the upcoming Olympic qualification tournament at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam. Head Coach Giuseppe Porzio wil...
Feb 13, 2021
Nunavut hunters end blockades, mine pushes ahead with injunction against them
IQALUIT, Nunavut - Baffinland Irons Mine Corp. has pushed ahead with an injunction against a group of Nunavut hunters who blocked the road and airstrip at its Mary River mine in protest of a plan to e...
Feb 13, 2021
Trump acquitted of inciting Jan. 6 Capitol riot
The Senate has acquitted Donald Trump of inciting the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, bringing his trial to a close and giving the former president a historic second victory in the court of impeach...
Feb 13, 2021
Canadian speedskaters Blondin and Dubreuil reach podium at world championships
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's Ivanie Blondin won silver and Laurent Dubreuil took bronze Saturday at the ISU world speedskating championships. Blondin, an Ottawa native, was second in the women's...
Feb 13, 2021
Commissioner calls for transparency on response to Indigenous women inquiry
MONTREAL - A commissioner who served on the inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls implored the federal government for more transparency on its response to the final report's cal...
Feb 13, 2021
Red Deer MLA says it's time to lift unconstitutional gathering restrictions
The following is a column submitted by Jason Stephan, UCP MLA for Red Deer-South.Families are the fundamental unit of our society. As we approach Family Day, we should consider what that means.This we...
Feb 13, 2021
High court denies accused Ghosn smugglers' bid to stay in US
BOSTON - The U.S. Supreme Court cleared the way Saturday for the extradition of an American father and son wanted by Japan in the escape of former Nissan Motor Co. boss Carlos Ghosn. Justice Stephen B...
Feb 13, 2021