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Active COVID-19 cases climb in the Interior Tuesday
COVID-19 cases are once again on the rise in the Interior, as 162 new cases were recorded in the region, bringing the active count up to 1,176. The new cases come following the completion of 1,812 tes...
Sep 28, 2021
Forge FC defeats Panama's Independiente, advances to CONCACAF League quarterfinal
PANAMA CITY - Mo Babouli and Kyle Bekker scored as 10-man Forge FC defeated Panama's Independiente 2-0 Tuesday to reach the quarterfinals of the Scotiabank CONCACAF League. Babouli was in the thick of...
Sep 28, 2021
Leafs star Matthews practices for first time since wrist surgery
Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews participated in his first team practice Tuesday since undergoing off-season wrist surgery. Matthews skated with the main practice group for about half a...
Sep 28, 2021
Family of Canadian Uyghur advocate held in China upset, outraged he remains detained
OTTAWA - The wife of a Canadian Uyghur advocate imprisoned in China for 15 years says she is disappointed that her husband was not part of a deal that freed Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig. Huseyin ...
Sep 28, 2021
Canucks' Demko glad to have goalie coach Ian Clark back: 'I stuck my neck out'
Thatcher Demko isn't usually one to speak out publicly. The quiet, reserved Vancouver Canucks netminder prefers to let his actions do the talking. In the final days of a frustrating, disappointing 202...
Sep 28, 2021
33 trapped miners safe after rescue, 6 more on long trek out of mine near Sudbury
Thirty-three of 39 miners who were trapped underground in northern Ontario since Sunday have returned safely to the surface, the workers' union said Tuesday as a rescue operation continued. United Ste...
Sep 28, 2021
Texas inmate executed for fatally stabbing 2 brothers
HUNTSVILLE, Texas (AP) - A Texas inmate was executed Tuesday evening for fatally stabbing two Houston-area brothers during a robbery in their home more than 30 years ago. Rick Rhoades, 57, was execute...
Sep 28, 2021
Alberta's Kenney rejects new health rules as COVID-19 cripples hospitals
EDMONTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, facing consistently high COVID-19 cases that are pushing the health system to the brink of collapse, is rejecting new measures and a so-called "firebreak" lock...
Sep 28, 2021
Military officer should have grieved removal as head of vaccine campaign: Government
OTTAWA - A federal lawyer says if Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin was unhappy with his removal as head of Canada's COVID-19 vaccine rollout campaign, he should have filed a grievance with the military rather th...
Sep 28, 2021
Women's hoops coach Thomaidis, Canada Basketball agree to part ways
TORONTO - Lisa Thomaidis will not return as head coach of Canada's national women's basketball team, ending a run of nearly a decade at the helm of the program. Canada Basketball said in a release Tue...
Sep 28, 2021
