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Housing ministers meet as MPs ready to for more hearings on pace of price gains
OTTAWA - The Opposition Conservatives say they plan to recommend a change in how home prices are captured in headline inflation figures, arguing the current readings underestimate the impact. The part...
Jan 20, 2022
Officials optimistic treatments will help ease COVID strain on Canada's health system
With COVID-19 hospitalizations in Canada still threatening to overwhelm the health-care system, officials hope two antiviral treatments could help ease the strain. A new study published in the Canadia...
Jan 20, 2022
Province announces $10.6 million investment to upgrade or build public-use community facilities
Alberta's government has announced a $10.6 million investment to upgrade or build 88 public-use community facilities across the province.Officials say the Community Facility Enhancement Program provid...
Jan 20, 2022
Ottawa inks agreement to share more residential schools records to Winnipeg centre
OTTAWA - Canada's Crown-Indigenous Relations Minister Marc Miller says Ottawa has reached an agreement with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation to hand over more records on residential sc...
Jan 20, 2022
NDP must decide if it wants to be Parliament's conscience or win: polling analyst
OTTAWA - A polling and political analyst says the New Democrats need to decide whether they want to be the "conscience of Parliament" or win an election. Philippe Fournier of 338Canada.com says polls ...
Jan 20, 2022
Albertans’ confidence in personal finances plummets amid pandemic fatigue and uncertainty
As uncertainty and pandemic fatigue continue to build, Albertans' confidence in their personal finances has plummeted, according to the latest MNP Consumer Debt Index conducted quarterly by Ipsos. The...
Jan 20, 2022
Forward Ayo Akinola signs new deal with Toronto FC under MLS U-22 Initiative
Toronto FC has signed forward Ayo Akinola to a new contract that runs through 2024 with an option for 2025. Akinola's deal is part of the Major League Soccer U-22 Initiative which allows clubs to sign...
Jan 20, 2022
Kripps, Appiah, de Bruin have eyes on bobsled medal podium in Beijing
Reigning Olympic two-man champion Justin Kripps, and Cynthia Appiah and Christine de Bruin, who've been excellent on the women's monobob circuit this season, headline Canada's 18-member bobsled team f...
Jan 20, 2022
US: Swift, severe response if Russia sends troops to Ukraine
BERLIN (AP) - U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Thursday that there would be a "swift, severe" response from the United States and its allies if Russia sends military forces into Ukraine. ...
Jan 20, 2022
19-year-old woman sets record for solo global flight
KORTRIJK, Belgium (AP) - The 19-year-old Belgian-British pilot Zara Rutherford set a world record as the youngest woman to fly solo around the world, touching her small airplane down in western Belgiu...
Jan 20, 2022