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Deliveries of COVID-19 vaccine doses to Canada set to more than quadruple next week
OTTAWA - A month-long slowdown in Canada's COVID-19 vaccine deliveries should end next week, with the single biggest shipment of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech to date.Maj.-Gen. Dany Fortin, the mi...
Feb 11, 2021
Canadian Press NewsAlert: B.C. sets record for most over overdose deaths in a year
VANCOUVER - British Columbia's chief coroner says the province recorded the most deaths ever in a single year due to an unnatural cause, with 1,716 lives lost to illicit drug overdoses in 2020. Lisa L...
Feb 11, 2021
Feds roll out promised funding for LGBTQ groups to 76 organizations
OTTAWA - Seventy-six LGBTQ projects in Canada have received $15 million in federal money.The money follows up on a promise in the 2019 federal budget to set up a fund to encourage and support the deve...
Feb 11, 2021
Power usage spikes during cold snap
It seems people in Saskatchewan have been plugged in during the recent cold snap.SaskPower has seen a rise in power consumption, with peak usage nearing a record set in 2017.According to the company, ...
Feb 11, 2021
Montreal mayor, police chief announce new anti-gun squad, following rise in violence
Montreal's mayor and its police chief are announcing a new team of investigators who will target weapon traffickers, following a rise in gun-related crime across parts of the city. The new police unit...
Feb 11, 2021
O'Toole pushes U.S. envoy to Canada to preserve Line 5, Keystone XL pipelines
OTTAWA - Conservative Leader Erin O'Toole urged the acting American ambassador to Canada to tell Washington to preserve the Line 5 pipeline to the United States. O'Toole told Katherine Brucker that he...
Feb 11, 2021
Toronto Blue Jays claim Dominican right-hander Joel Payamps off waivers
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-hander Joel Payamps off waivers from the Boston Red Sox. To make room on the 40-man roster, right-hander Shun Yamaguchi has been designated for assig...
Feb 11, 2021
Firefighters, first responders face unique challenges during the bitter cold
The job of a firefighter or first responder can be challenging on the best of days, but when temperatures dip to -20 C, it becomes even more so.Warman Fire Rescue Chief Russ Austin says there are a lo...
Feb 11, 2021
Furnaces in Saskatchewan feeling the wrath of winter
As Saskatchewan continues to deal with a brutal deep freeze, furnaces are working overtime just to keep up.And this cold spell might be starting to take a toll on the machinery, according to Luke East...
Feb 11, 2021
Uncertainty surrounds election delay in Newfoundland and Labrador
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - Newfoundland and Labrador is entering uncharted legal territory as the province's chief electoral officer has called for Saturday's provincial election to be delayed in 18 ridings b...
Feb 11, 2021