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B.C. to send rapid tests for staff to government-funded child-care settings
VICTORIA - Staff in government-funded child-care centres are soon expected to have access to rapid antigen tests provided by the province. The Children's Ministry says up to 250,000 tests will be sent...
Jan 26, 2022
North Korea fires 2 suspected missiles in 6th launch in 2022
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea on Thursday fired two suspected ballistic missiles into the sea in its sixth round of weapons launches this month, South Korea's military said. South Korea's Join...
Jan 26, 2022
Mounties say autopsies have begun to identify four found dead near U.S. border
WINNIPEG - Mounties say autopsies have begun to try to identify four people who were found dead in a frigid Manitoba blizzard near the United States border. The bodies of a man, a woman, a teen and a ...
Jan 26, 2022
Government's decision not to review lithium company takeover a 'mistake': expert
OTTAWA - An intelligence expert said the federal government's decision not to conduct a formal national security review on the takeover of a Canadian lithium mining company by a Chinese state-owned co...
Jan 26, 2022
Alberta reports three cases of new COVID subvariant, more hospitalizations, deaths
EDMONTON - Alberta Health says it has detected three cases of the BA. 2 variant and reported its second-highest rate of hospitalizations due to COVID-19. The province says there were 1,418 hospitaliza...
Jan 26, 2022
Elks sign all-star receivers Bowman, Arceneaux, three others
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks signed former all-star receivers Adarius Bowman and Emmanuel Arceneaux on Wednesday. The Elks also added veteran receiver Caleb Holley, defensive back Matt Elam and defens...
Jan 26, 2022
Kelowna airport gets $15M for upgrades, faster passenger flow during COVID testing
KELOWNA, B.C. - The airport in Kelowna, B.C., has received $15 million in federal funding for upgrades to infrastructure, including for the flow of passengers and crew being tested for COVID-19. Trans...
Jan 26, 2022
A look at the latest COVID-19 developments in Canada
A look at the latest COVID-19 news in Canada: - Quebec has launched an online portal to track COVID-19 rapid test results, even as experts and government officials admit there are limits to the accura...
Jan 26, 2022
Feds accuse Texas man of selling gun used to take hostages
DALLAS (AP) - A Texas man has been charged with a federal gun crime after authorities say he sold a gun to a man who held four hostages inside a Texas synagogue earlier this month before being fatally...
Jan 26, 2022
Vaccine mandate to kick in for first wave of health workers
Health care workers in about half the states face a Thursday deadline to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine under a Biden administration mandate that will be rolled out across the rest of th...
Jan 26, 2022
