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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's isolation due to child testing positive for COVID-19
OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he's isolating because one of his kids tested positive for COVID-19. In an interview with The Canadian Press, he says he feels fine and has no symptoms. He ...
Jan 28, 2022
Canadian team sidelined by COVID at ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Caribbean
A COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the Canadian team at the ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The International Cricket Council said Friday that nine Canada players have tested pos...
Jan 28, 2022
DVA sponsors two Winter Carnival events
The Downtown Vernon Association is bringing back two popular events as part of the 62nd annual Vernon Winter Carnival.One is the Gold Rush Scavenger Hunt which made its debut in 2021."Returning by pop...
Jan 28, 2022
Canada represented by 215 athletes at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games
Five-time Olympic gold medallist Charles Hamelin is back to compete in his fifth and final Winter Olympic Games as part of a 215-athlete delegation Canada is sending to Beijing. Hamelin, the decorated...
Jan 28, 2022
Parliament Hill girds for massive truck convoy protest
The first trucks in a massive national convoy that was organized to protest the federal government's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers are due to arrive in the Ottawa area today. The c...
Jan 28, 2022
3 indicted in fire at Wendy's after Rayshard Brooks killing
ATLANTA (AP) - Three people have been indicted on arson charges in the burning of the Wendy's restaurant in Atlanta where a police officer fatally shot Rayshard Brooks in June 2020. A Fulton County gr...
Jan 28, 2022
Teck says coal sales down from extreme weather, COVID-19 affecting operations
VANCOUVER - Teck Resources Ltd. said Friday that its coal sales fell below its guidance because of extreme weather in British Columbia and warned that COVID-19 was leading to higher costs and could di...
Jan 28, 2022
Five members of Team Canada delegation in COVID-19 protocol ahead of Beijing Olympics
Five members of Team Canada's delegation in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics are currently in COVID-19 protocol, the Canadian Olympic Committee said Friday. The COC announced the numbers in a rele...
Jan 28, 2022
Skip Tracy Fleury enters COVID-19 protocol will miss start of Tournament of Hearts
THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Skip Tracy Fleury will sit out the start of the Canadian women's curling championship in COVID-19 protocol. The skip of a wild-card team was one of two athletes in the Scotties Tou...
Jan 28, 2022
Human chain formed to help after Pittsburgh bridge collapse
PITTSBURGH (AP) - A two-lane bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh early Friday, prompting rescuers to rappel nearly 150 feet (46 meters) while others formed a human chain to help rescue multiple people from...
Jan 28, 2022
