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Ministers to announce changes to COVID-19 border restrictions today
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos is expected to announce major changes to the border measures designed to counter to the spread of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 at 1 p.m. EST. Currently, th...
Feb 15, 2022
Four dead, search continues for 15 missing from Spanish fishing boat off Newfoundland
HALIFAX - A Canadian rescue ship and aircraft are involved in the search for a Spanish fishing vessel that sank off Newfoundland with the loss of at least four crew members, while another 15 are missi...
Feb 15, 2022
Vernon to extend community compost program
With composting options coming to Vernon residents in May, the city is going to extend the existing compost bin program to fill that gap.The existing program that was launched in 2021 has compost bins...
Feb 15, 2022
Putin: Russia ready to discuss confidence-building measures
MOSCOW (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that Moscow is ready for talks with the U.S. and NATO on limits for missile deployments and military transparency. Speaking after talks with...
Feb 15, 2022
TRU political expert calls Emergencies Act a 'risky decision'
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is invoking the Emergencies Act for the first time in Canadian history. This grants the federal government additional power to mitigate the ongoing trucker convoy blockad...
Feb 15, 2022
Women's pursuit speedskating team gives Canada elusive second gold in Beijing
BEIJING - Canada's Olympians have made many trips to the podium at the Beijing Winter Games, but heading into Tuesday, only one of those included a stop on the top step. After an eight-day wait, Canad...
Feb 15, 2022
Ethiopia lifts state of emergency early, citing calming war
NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ethiopian lawmakers have voted to end the country's three-month state of emergency early as mediation efforts continue to end the deadly war in the north. Tuesday's vote by lawma...
Feb 15, 2022
Victims' relatives feel 'deep discouragement' with Nova Scotia mass shooting inquiry
HALIFAX - The public inquiry investigating the 2020 mass shooting in Nova Scotia that claimed 22 lives is facing intense criticism from victims' relatives one week before the proceedings are to begin....
Feb 15, 2022
CCLA warns normalizing emergency legislation threatens democracy and civil liberties
There are some concerns about the federal government's decision to invoke the Emergencies Act to end antigovernment blockades against COVID-19 measures that are being held across the country. The Cana...
Feb 15, 2022
Are vaccine protests in Canada a factor in Vladimir Putin's Ukraine timeline?
WASHINGTON - Joe Biden's administration had two different and seemingly disparate international crises on its hands Friday when Jake Sullivan, the president's national security adviser, strode to the ...
Feb 15, 2022
