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Rescue society praises B.C.'s teens survival skills after he got lost snowmobiling
100 MILE HOUSE, B.C. - The backcountry survival skills of a British Columbia teen who got lost while snowmobiling are being praised by search and rescue volunteers who found him safe. The South Caribo...
Jan 18, 2021

Canadian women's hockey team holds Calgary "bubble" camp
CALGARY - The Canadian women's hockey team has opened a 35-player camp in a Calgary "bubble." The 14-day camp is the first physical gathering of national-team players in months because of the COVID-19...
Jan 18, 2021

NITHA declares outbreak over in Sturgeon Lake, new outbreak in Black Lake
The Northern Inter-Tribal Health Authority (NITHA) is ending the COVID-19 outbreak declared in Sturgeon Lake First Nation on Dec. 30. Dr. Nnadmdi Ndubuka, a medical health officer with the authority, ...
Jan 18, 2021

WHO chief lambasts vaccine profits, demands elderly go first
GENEVA - The World Health Organization chief on Monday lambasted drugmakers' profits and vaccine inequalities, saying it's "not right" that younger, healthier adults in wealthy countries get vaccinate...
Jan 18, 2021

Biden, Harris take break from inaugural prep to mark MLK day
PHILADELPHIA - Two days from the inauguration, President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris pitched in on Martin Luther King Jr. Day service projects as a militarized and jittery W...
Jan 18, 2021

Sen. Josh Hawley has new publisher for 'Big Tech' book
NEW YORK - Sen. Josh Hawley has found a new publisher after his book was dropped by Simon & Schuster in the wake of the siege of the U.S. Capitol by supporters of President Donald Trump. The conve...
Jan 18, 2021

Public opposition growing: Petitions against Alberta coal mines top 100K signatures
Public opposition to the Alberta government's plan to expand coal mining in the Rocky Mountains is growing with tens of thousands of people signing petitions, writing letters and joining online groups...
Jan 18, 2021

Stop the Spread of Misinformation
With so much information coming at a person about COVID-19, sometimes it is difficult to tell fact from fiction.Follow these tips to tackle the daily misinformation tsumani. Tips we should all follow ...
Jan 18, 2021

'Real and present danger': Nova Scotia crime figure deemed dangerous offender
HALIFAX - One of the most notorious crime figures in Nova Scotia has been declared a dangerous offender. Jimmy Melvin Jr. was handed an indeterminate sentence today in Nova Scotia Supreme Court, where...
Jan 18, 2021

Ontario and Quebec report one-day drop in number of new COVID-19 cases
MONTREAL - Ontario and Quebec each reported a significant drop in the number of new COVID-19 cases today, but an expert warns it's too soon to draw conclusions from the data. Quebec reported 1,634 new...
Jan 18, 2021