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'I can feel it': Djokovic sends thanks for the support
The top men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over the country's COVI...
Jan 07, 2022
'I can feel it': Djokovic sends thanks for the support
The top men's tennis player in the world, Novak Djokovic, spent Orthodox Christmas in an immigration detention hotel in Australia on Friday as he sought to fend off deportation over the country's COVI...
Jan 07, 2022
Canada captain Christine Sinclair misses out on final list of FIFA award nominees
Spain's Jennifer Hermoso and Alexia Putellas and Australia's Sam Kerr are the final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Player, with Canada captain Christine Sinclair left off the list. Sinclair,...
Jan 07, 2022
Holiday season slower than normal at SilverStar
The holiday season was quieter than normal at SilverStar Mountain Resort, with several factors playing a role in that.Chantelle Deacon, the resort's communications and sponsorship manager, said due to...
Jan 07, 2022
Blue Bombers sign all-star defensive end Willie Jefferson to extension
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed all-star American defensive end Willie Jefferson to a contract extension. The six-foot-seven, 252-pound native of Beaumont, Texas, was named the CFL's ...
Jan 07, 2022
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Economy added 55,000 jobs in December, StatCan says
OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says the economy added 55,000 jobs in December. The agency reported the unemployment rate was 5.9 per cent for the month, compared with 6.0 per cent in November. More coming...
Jan 07, 2022
COVID labor crunch and Jagmeet Singh's baby girl: In The News for Jan. 7
In The News is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to kickstart your day. Here is what's on the radar of our editors for the morning of Jan. 7 ... What we are watching in Canada ... ...
Jan 07, 2022
Key sectors facing staffing struggles amid escalating pandemic
With COVID-19's latest wave showing few signs of abating concerns are deepening as more and more workers in vital sectors are sidelined by the pandemic. In Ontario where the number of COVID patients i...
Jan 07, 2022
Pediatrician urges parents to have the COVID talk as Omicron cases hit new highs
VANCOUVER - A pediatrician who has researched COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy among parents in Canada, the United States and Israel is urging people concerned about getting their children vaccinated to tal...
Jan 07, 2022
'Why do I feel so guilty?' Saskatchewan residents sending rapid tests out of province
Troy Weppler says he turned away from a post office employee in Saskatoon as he shoved a box of COVID-19 rapid tests into an envelope to send to family in British Columbia. "Why do I feel so guilty ab...
Jan 07, 2022
