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China welcomes Ya Ya the panda home after 20 years abroad
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) - Ya Ya the giant panda landed Thursday in Shanghai after departing from the Memphis Zoo in Tennessee, where she spent the past 20 years on loan. The popular panda's trip was close...
Apr 27, 2023
Health minister denies interfering in arm's-length drug-price agency before committee
OTTAWA - Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos says he has not exercised any undue political pressure on the independent federal agency that regulates the price of patented drugs on its efforts to lower me...
Apr 27, 2023
'Difficult' Surrey, B.C. police decision on RCMP or municipal force Friday: minister
VICTORIA - British Columbia Public Safety Minister Mike Farnworth says Surrey residents will know Friday who will police the Metro Vancouver city, the RCMP or the municipal Surrey Police Service. Farn...
Apr 27, 2023
CFL reaches multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network
TORONTO - The CFL has reached a multi-year broadcast agreement with CBS Sports Network, the league announced Thursday. The deal will see CBS Sports Network carry 34 games this year. CBS Sports Network...
Apr 27, 2023
Police say they're worried about mother after newborn found dead in Victoria lot
VICTORIA - Police in Victoria say they are worried about the welfare of a new mother whose baby was found dead. Officers and an ambulance were called Wednesday night to a report of a baby found in a p...
Apr 27, 2023
'Broken system:' Policing shortages facing N.B. communities highlight national issue
FREDERICTON - Some New Brunswick communities are being forced to find creative solutions to law enforcement because of RCMP policing shortages, a phenomenon experts say is symbolic of what much of sma...
Apr 27, 2023
City introduces newly designed website
The City of North Battleford has completely redesigned its website to make it more user friendly and easier to navigate. City communications administrator Dustin MacDonald presented the new website at...
Apr 27, 2023
US sanctions Russia, Iran entities for detaining Americans
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Biden administration on Thursday sanctioned Russia's Federal Security Service and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps intelligence organization for wrongfully detaining Amer...
Apr 27, 2023
Washington state shields people seeking abortion, trans care
SEATTLE (AP) - Washington state enacted legal protections Thursday for people who travel there seeking reproductive and gender-affirming procedures and treatment, becoming the latest Democrat-led stat...
Apr 27, 2023
Foreign-interference office coming 'soon' but not yet ready to launch: Mendicino
OTTAWA - Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino says the Liberals are not ready to launch the foreign-interference office they promised in last month's federal budget, amid ongoing scrutiny of allegat...
Apr 27, 2023