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National strategy calls on Canada to address Inuit food security crisis
OTTAWA - A new strategy from Canada's Inuit organization calls on the federal government to support a national Inuit food security strategy to address what it calls a national public health crisis. Th...
Jul 12, 2021
Judge overseeing church challenge of COVID-19 restrictions says he was followed
WINNIPEG - A Manitoba judge overseeing a court challenge of public health rules by seven churches says he's deeply troubled a private investigator was hired to follow him with the intent of finding in...
Jul 12, 2021
CAPTURE camera registry expands throughout central Alberta
RCMP detachments around central Alberta have teamed up to expand a camera registry program launched in Red Deer two years ago.The program is called CAPTURE (Community Assisted Policing Through the Use...
Jul 12, 2021
Carolyn Rogers named new senior deputy at Bank of Canada
OTTAWA - The Bank of Canada is naming Carolyn Rogers as its new senior deputy governor. Rogers is a former assistant superintendent at the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions. She h...
Jul 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada for Monday, July 12, 2021
The latest news on COVID-19 developments in Canada (all times eastern): 10:30 a.m. Ontario is reporting 114 new COVID-19 cases today and no deaths attributed to the novel coronavirus. Health officials...
Jul 12, 2021
Ottawa adds national security risk assessments to federal research funding
OTTAWA - The federal government is setting new guidelines that work national security considerations into funding criteria for university research. Innovation Minister Franois-Philippe Champagne says ...
Jul 12, 2021
Pfizer to discuss COVID-19 vaccine booster with US officials
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pfizer says it plans to meet with top U.S. health officials Monday to discuss the drugmaker's request for federal authorization of a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine as President J...
Jul 12, 2021
Coronavirus infects vaccinated leader at Florida condo site
MIAMI (AP) - A vaccinated Miami-Dade county commissioner who helped other local officials in Surfside following the collapse of a condominium building announced that he and his chief of staff tested p...
Jul 12, 2021
UK's Johnson set to confirm England unlocking will go ahead
LONDON (AP) - British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is set to confirm Monday that all remaining lockdown restrictions in England will be lifted in a week's time while urging people to remain cautious a...
Jul 12, 2021
Former CFL quarterback Allen to join Raiders' coaching staff as part of Walsh program
Damon Allen will work with the NFL's Las Vegas Raiders' coaching staff as part of the Bill Walsh Diversity Coaching Fellowship program. It's the same program former CFL quarterback Henry Burris partic...
Jul 12, 2021