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YELLOWKNIFE - An official with the Arctic Winter Games says its decision to revoke a mandatory COVID-19 vaccine policy for the upcoming event had nothing to do with pressure from the Alberta government, despite claims by the premier.

Premier Danielle Smith says she threatened to stop $1.2 million in provincial funding for the Arctic Winter Games if organizers kept their COVID-19 vaccine…

'We just want to remind people that in this province we do not discriminate against people for any reason'

On Nov. 18, the Arctic Winter Games International Committee (AWGIC) said it revoked its policy on mandatory COVID-19 vaccines "to align with current public health advice." At a news conference in Edmonton on Monday however, the Alberta premier said she asked the Games to drop the vaccine requirement in response to the committee's request for funding.

Privately-owned Queensland gas play Denison Gas will ramp up exploration at its Punchbowl Gully convention gas field, after securing $65 million in debt funding from an institutional investor. 

The recent evocative pieces on the 50th anniversary of the 1972 Olympic Games by my insidethegames colleague Philip Barker brought personal memories flooding back. Not that they were ever far from consciousness.

On Saturday, Birmingham’s newly-reconstructed Alexander Stadium, imminent centrepiece of this summer's Commonwealth Games, has its grand opening.

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Help family find missing Pretoria east man John Rodda By Goitsemang Tlhabye Share Pretoria - The family of 82-year-old John Rodda, who has been missing for five days, are pleading for anyone with information to help find him. Rodda, who suffers from Alzheimer’s disease, never returned home to the Die Wilgers retirement village on Saturday after he allegedly told security he was heading to the local pharmacy for his wife. Daughter-in-law Michelle Rodda said Rodda was a quiet, well-mannered ...