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Hurricane Larry's track shifts west, residents of Newfoundland warned to prepare
HALIFAX - Hurricane Larry could make landfall in eastern Newfoundland late Friday or early Saturday, but even if its centre misses the island, the province can expect large waves and plenty of rain an...
Sep 08, 2021

Federal Court grants Rebel News access to cover federal leaders' debates
OTTAWA - A Federal Court judge ordered the Leaders' Debates Commission to permit reporters from Rebel News Network to fully cover this week's two official televised leaders' debates. The ruling means ...
Sep 08, 2021

Glen Grunwald retiring as CEO and president of Canada Basketball
TORONTO - Glen Grunwald is retiring as president and CEO of Canada Basketball, but believes he's leaving the game in great hands. Michael Bartlett has been appointed the national organization's presid...
Sep 08, 2021

Minister Toews announces negotiation update with Alberta nurses
Minister of Treasury Board and Finance Travis Toews, issued a statement Wednesday about the ongoing negotiations between Alberta Health Services (AHS) and the United Nurses of Alberta (UNA):"I'm pleas...
Sep 08, 2021

Alberta delays identification requirements for supervised drug-use sites
CALGARY, AB. - The Alberta government is delaying implementation of one of its new rules governing supervised drug-use sites amid a legal challenge.Under new regulations, service providers were to col...
Sep 08, 2021

Quebec coroner's inquest hears of staff shortages at nursing home where dozens died
MONTREAL - A doctor told a Quebec coroner's inquest today that a Montreal-area long-term care home where dozens of people died during the first wave of COVID-19 was extremely understaffed in the early...
Sep 08, 2021

Ninety-seven-year-old dies in blaze at Montreal seniors residence
Montreal police say a 97-year-old woman died in a fire at a retirement home on Tuesday in northeastern Montreal. Police confirmed today the victim died of her injuries a few hours after being transpor...
Sep 08, 2021

Brandon University says Theo Fleury's recent vaccine comments a 'stain on his legacy'
BRANDON, Man. - Brandon University has issued a statement publicly criticizing former NHLer Theo Fleury for spreading harmful conspiracy theories. The school in southwestern Manitoba granted Fleury an...
Sep 08, 2021

'Gasps all around:' New Burgess Shale fossil sheds light on the evolution of bigness
It was getting late and the team of paleontologists excavating a previously unexplored outcrop of the Burgess Shale was ready to call it a day. A camera crew filming the dig in Kootenay National Park ...
Sep 08, 2021

French federal debate and BoC interest rate announcement: In The News for Sept. 8
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Sept. 8 ... What we are watching in Canada ......
Sep 08, 2021