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Canadians urged to prepare as top meteorologist predicts active hurricane season
HALIFAX - The Canadian Hurricane Centre is predicting another active hurricane season this year, citing the persistence of warmer-than-average ocean temperatures. Meteorologist Bob Robichaud also conf...
May 20, 2021

Israeli media: Cabinet approves cease-fire in Gaza
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - Israeli media say Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's Security Cabinet has approved a unilateral cease-fire to halt an 11-day military operation in the Gaza Strip. The dec...
May 20, 2021

Rent prices remain low in Lloydminster, Battlefords
The price of rent has dropped throughout most of Canada during the pandemic and it's remained low in areas of low economic activity, such as Northwest Saskatchewan.Areas in the region are lower across...
May 20, 2021

Montreal-area mayor calls on municipal leaders to condemn recent antisemitic acts
MONTREAL - The mayor of a Montreal suburb is calling for other municipal leaders to denounce antisemitism after several recent anti-Jewish incidents in the region. Mitchell Brownstein, mayor of Cte-Sa...
May 20, 2021

Impatience, lack of clarity as clock ticks on AstraZeneca expiry date
TORONTO - Impatience and a lack of clarity persisted Thursday over the fate of thousands of doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine set to expire in the coming weeks. Several provinces have stopped gi...
May 20, 2021

Adam Herold camp venues announced for upcoming season
The Adam Herold Legacy Foundation found three more venues for its Hockey and Leadership Development Program for the upcoming season. Carrot River, Langenburg, and Quad Town (made up of Vibank, Odessa,...
May 20, 2021

Nova Scotia mass shooter obsessed by spectre of pandemic disaster, violence
HALIFAX - The spectre of pandemic-fuelled social chaos and widespread looting appeared to haunt the Nova Scotia mass shooter a month before he carried out his killing rampage of April 18-19, 2020. Twe...
May 20, 2021

Some evacuees allowed to return home as Cloverdale fire contained
UPDATE: SaskPower anticipates power will be back on between 6 and 8 p.m. They also ask anyone running a generator to turn it off before the power turns back on.-Three days after it erupted, the Clover...
May 20, 2021

Too early to set a date on loosening travel restrictions: Canada's transport minister
OTTAWA - Transport Minister Omar Alghabra says he cannot yet commit to a date - or COVID-19 vaccination rate benchmarks - for when so-called vaccine passports will allow Canada to ease travel restrict...
May 20, 2021

Swimming Canada confirms Olympic trials in Toronto have green light
TORONTO - Canada's Olympic swim trials can proceed next month in Toronto, Swimming Canada announced Thursday. The organization said in a release that Toronto Public Health has confirmed that the June ...
May 20, 2021