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On the heels of horrible season, Redblacks look to new GM Shawn Burke
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have tasked Shawn Burke with turning around their struggling franchise. The CFL team named Burke its new general manager on Sunday, a month after finishing a disappointin...
Dec 19, 2021
Raptors game against visiting Magic postponed due to Orlando COVID-19 outbreak
TORONTO - Another Toronto Raptors game has been postponed due to COVID-19. The Raptors' game against the visiting Orlando Magic on Monday has been pushed back indefinitely, due to the number of Magic ...
Dec 19, 2021
COVID-19 cases surge as provinces scramble to re-impose restrictions
Large parts of Canada are starting to hunker down again as a fifth wave of COVID-19 appears to be building, with thousands of new cases being reported across the country. Ontario this morning announce...
Dec 19, 2021
From masks to book banning, conservatives take on educators
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) - A recent Wyoming school board meeting was again packed with opponents of mask mandates when things took an abrupt turn and a parent started reading aloud sexually explicit passag...
Dec 19, 2021
Johnny Isakson, former Georgia Republican U.S. senator, dies
ATLANTA (AP) - Johnny Isakson, an affable Georgia Republican politician who rose from the ranks of the state Legislature to become a U.S. senator known as an effective, behind-the-scenes consensus bui...
Dec 19, 2021
'I don’t feel isolated anymore': WorkBC helps client find meaningful employment
It's 7 p.m. on a cold October night. Harl Rowe gets out of bed to prepare for his shift at Vernon's FreshCo. For some, the overnight shift is an isolating experience. But, for Rowe, it's the perfect j...
Dec 19, 2021
Oceanside RCMP warn of scammers impersonating police/CRA agents in Bitcoin fraud
PARKSVILLE - Oceanside RCMP revealed a complex scam involving someone impersonating a Canada Revenue Agency agent and a local Mountie.Sometime this week a resident received a call from someone saying ...
Dec 19, 2021
'She is no more': Icefield rollover survivor who lost wife wants report released
CALGARY - A man who lost his wife when an all-terrain tour bus rolled at the Columbia Icefield in the Rocky Mountains is pressing the RCMP for answers about what happened. Three people were killed and...
Dec 19, 2021
Business is up heading into 2022, but so too are worries about paying off COVID debt
OTTAWA - The 40-strong team of workers at the Canadian Federation of Independent Business that takes calls from the association's members has been hearing a lot about loans. Federal loans, specificall...
Dec 19, 2021
Hunting guides turn to ecotourism as COVID-19 keeps American hunters away
OTTAWA - Hunting guides, hit hard by COVID-19 restrictions on travel keeping foreign customers out of the country, are turning to ecotourism, including wildlife viewing, snowmobiling and guided hikes,...
Dec 19, 2021
