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Nevada governor rescinds mask mandate effective immediately
CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Nevada is rescinding requirements for people to wear masks in public, becoming the latest state in the U.S. to lift restrictions imposed to limit the spread of coronavirus but...
Feb 10, 2022
SilverStar and Sovereign Lake announce new event
A new event is being offered for cross country skiers of all abilities.Sovereign Lake Nordic Club (SLNC) and SilverStar Mountain Resort will be co-hosting the Sovereign2SilverStar Ski Marathon on Apri...
Feb 10, 2022
GoFundMe representatives to testify before MPs about funding of extremism
OTTAWA - Crowdfunding site GoFundMe will speak to members of Parliament about what measures it has in place to prevent the funding of extremism. NDP MP Alistair MacGregor announced today representativ...
Feb 10, 2022
Richard Edjericon elected as new representative in Tu Nedhé-Wiilideh byelection
Voters in a Northwest Territories riding have chosen a new member of the legislative assembly after their previous representative resigned. Richard Edjericon won the seat with 186 votes of 439 mail-in...
Feb 10, 2022
Researchers find evidence of first dinosaur with sore throat, flu symptoms
The dinosaur had a flu. A really bad flu. Cary Woodruff, a recent PhD graduate from the University of Toronto, and a team of researchers studieda fossil that may provide evidence of the first known ca...
Feb 10, 2022
French HIV discoverer Luc Montagnier has died at 89
PARIS (AP) - French researcher Luc Montagnier, who won a Nobel Prize in 2008 for discovering the HIV virus and more recently spread false claims about the coronavirus, has died at age 89, according to...
Feb 10, 2022
Dropping First Nations COVID-19 infections brings hope Omicron wave has passed
OTTAWA - The Minister of Indigenous Services says the number of COVID-19 infections in First Nations communities has begun to decline, bringing hope that the worst of the Omicron wave has passed. Patt...
Feb 10, 2022
Quebec man sentenced to 10 years for kidnapping young son, triggering Amber Alert
MATANE, Que. - A Quebec court judge has signed off on a jointly recommended 10-year sentence for a Quebec man who pleaded guilty to kidnapping his three-year-old son. The man pleaded guilty Wednesday ...
Feb 10, 2022
Reports: Raptors trade Dragic to Spurs for Young, Eubanks, picks
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have traded guard Goran Dragic to the San Antonio Spurs for forwards Thaddeus Young and Drew Eubanks and draft picks, according to the Athletic, ESPN and Sportsnet. Dragi...
Feb 10, 2022
Lake Country man wins over $47k in lotto
A Lake Country man plans to treat himself after winning a Lotto 6/49 draw.Joshua Sherman told the B.C. Lottery Corporation (BCLC) he intends to use some of the $47,849.70 he won to buy himself a new c...
Feb 10, 2022
