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Liberals delay new regulations to lower price of medicines in Canada
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has put a six-month pause on new regulations designed to lower the cost of patented medicines in Canada. Health Canada first announced the changes in 2019 to ...
Dec 23, 2021
N.S. jail attack: debate on whether sentences tied to 2019 beating will curb violence
HALIFAX - After a judge delivered the first sentences for a brutal Halifax jail assault this week, there are differing views on whether they will deter the rising number of beatings in the facility. O...
Dec 23, 2021
Cases of COVID-19 jump with 789 now active and 194 new cases reported
As of Dec. 23, there are 194 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 reported by the province government. Of the new cases, 113 are among vaccinated individuals.Twenty-one new cases are located in the norther...
Dec 23, 2021
Food Bank employee saddened to have car stolen days before Christmas
It doesn't feel much like Christmas for a local employee from the Battlefords District Food and Resource Centre who had his car stolen from the back of the building in North Battleford Monday, while h...
Dec 23, 2021
Sale of Fletcher's Fields comes with historic boost to Canadian Rugby Foundation
TORONTO - Canadian rugby has received a historic boost in the form of an $11.65-million donation. The money, which is going to the non-profit Canadian Rugby Foundation, comes from the $21.5-million sa...
Dec 23, 2021
Military sex response centre facing more calls for help after year of allegations
OTTAWA - The head of the response centre set up to help victims of military sexual misconduct says her organization has seen an explosion in calls for assistance over the past year. Denise Preston, ex...
Dec 23, 2021
Duck! Flying squirrels take to the air in Nebraska city
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) - A crew cutting down a dying oak at the University of Nebraska made a surprising find - flying squirrels. A video shot by a member of the crew made its way to Larkin Powell, a cons...
Dec 23, 2021
Trump asks Supreme Court to block release of documents
WASHINGTON (AP) - Former President Donald Trump turned to the Supreme Court Thursday in a last-ditch effort to keep documents away from the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection at the...
Dec 23, 2021
Winter weather ahead for holiday travel
Driving conditions are increasingly less ideal ahead of Christmas Eve.Highway Hotline is reporting winter conditions on nearly every road north and south of Highway 16 between Lloydminster and the Bat...
Dec 23, 2021
Depleted Raptors sign three players to 10-day contracts via COVID hardship exception
TORONTO - The depleted Toronto Raptors have signed forwards Juwan Morgan and D.J. Wilson and guard Tremont Waters to 10-day contracts. The players join the Raptors from the NBA G League via the COVID ...
Dec 23, 2021