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Interior Health adds 266 new COVID-19 cases
Interior Health confirmed 266 new COVID-19 cases Wednesday, bringing the region's active case count to 2,299.The new cases were part of 785 confirmed across the province, and there are now 5,873 activ...
Sep 01, 2021
Township of Spallumcheen lifts evacuation alert
All the evacuation alerts previously in place within the Township of Spallumcheen have now been lifted.In a release, the township said the decision to remove the final alert Wednesday was based on rec...
Sep 01, 2021
Two children involved in latest coyote attacks in Vancouver's Stanley Park
VANCOUVER - The BC Conservation Officer Service says two children were involved in attacks by coyotes in Vancouver's popular Stanley Park overnight. On Twitter, the service said it "cannot stress enou...
Sep 01, 2021
Ontario to require proof of vaccination in high-risk settings starting Sept. 22
TORONTO - Giving in to mounting pressure from experts, businesses and political opponents, Premier Doug Ford announced a vaccine certificate system Wednesday that will see Ontarians showing proof of i...
Sep 01, 2021
Child-care system or tax credit: Parties' pitches mean varying benefits for families
OTTAWA - Six years ago, Rob Gillezeau watched as a child-care pledge he worked on for the federal New Democrats got pitted against competing policy ideas on where the country should go politically on ...
Sep 01, 2021
Lockdown orders in N.W.T. to lift this weekend as COVID-19 cases start to decline
YELLOWKNIFE - Two communities in the Northwest Territories under lockdown orders since mid-August will see those orders lifted late Saturday as active cases of COVID-19 start to decline across the ter...
Sep 01, 2021
The Undecideds: Three Canadian voters still unsure who to support, two weeks in
Canadians are set to go to the polls Sept. 20, but not everyone knows what they will do when they get there. The Canadian Press is following three undecided voters through the ups and downs of this el...
Sep 01, 2021
Record number of Indigenous candidates running in federal election
A record number of Indigenous candidates are running in the federal election this year with what they say is a goal of advancing meaningful change in Canada's relationship with First Nations, Inuit an...
Sep 01, 2021
Canadians Fernandez, Auger-Aliassime advance to third round at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the third round of the U.S. Open with straight-sets victories on Wednesday. Fernandez moved on with a 7-5, 7-5 win over Eston...
Sep 01, 2021
Ronaldo becomes highest scoring man in international soccer
FARO, Portugal (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo became the highest-scoring man in the international soccer history with his 110th goal for Portugal on Wednesday. The Portugal captain scored in the 89th minute...
Sep 01, 2021
