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Pressure builds to end trucker protests amid escalating economic fallout
OTTAWA - A sense of anxious anticipation is building amid intensifying demands for an end to the protests paralyzing downtown Ottawa as well as border crossings near Coutts, Alta., Emerson, Man., and ...
Feb 11, 2022
Former privacy czar denounces lack of transparency over government's phone-data haul
OTTAWA - Ontario's former privacy commissioner says she is troubled "by the complete lack of transparency" from the Public Health Agency of Canada over its plans to collect millions of people's mobile...
Feb 11, 2022
As border blockade persists, Canadians fear a pretext for more U.S. protectionism
WASHINGTON - Escalating blockades at the Canada-U.S. border are weakening one of the most fragile links in the vital North American supply chain - a link that has nothing to do with transport trucks, ...
Feb 11, 2022
Superior Court to consider border protest injunction today
WINDSOR, Ont. - An Ontario Superior Court justice is set to hear an application today for an injunction that would bar protesters from blocking the Ambassador Bridge border crossing in Windsor, Ont. T...
Feb 11, 2022
Interior continues to record highest COVID-19 case numbers
Interior Health (IH) saw another increase in COVID-19 cases Thursday as the region posted the highest number of new infections in British Columbia for a third straight day.IH reported 444, an increase...
Feb 10, 2022
Capitals ruin St. Louis’ first game as interim coach with 5-2 win over Canadiens
MONTREAL - The Martin St. Louis effect didn't give the Montreal Canadiens a first win since Jan. 18 but Montreal's new interim head coach liked the fight his new team gave him. Despite a 5-2 loss to t...
Feb 10, 2022
Hanifin leads Flames in 5-2 win over Maple Leafs
CALGARY - Led by Noah Hanifin's goal and an assist, the Calgary Flames erupted for four goals in the second period on Thursday in a 5-2 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, extending Calgary's winning st...
Feb 10, 2022
Trent has 42; Raptors push streak to 8 with win over Rockets
HOUSTON (AP) - Gary Trent Jr. scored a season-high 42 points, and the Toronto Raptors pushed their season-high winning streak to eight games with a 139-120 victory over the Houston Rockets on Thursday...
Feb 10, 2022
DeSmith, Penguins shutout Senators, Crosby still seeks 500 goals
OTTAWA - Casey DeSmith made 26 saves and Jeff Carter scored the game's winning goal Thursday as the Pittsburgh Penguins earned a 2-0 victory over the Ottawa Senators. Carter scored in the second perio...
Feb 10, 2022
Two Winter Carnival events cancelled
An overnight fire in downtown Vernon has led to the cancellation of a Vernon Winter Carnival event, one of two that the organizers have had to scrap in the final days of the festival.The Towne Theatre...
Feb 10, 2022
