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New Zealand to observe Muslim prayer after mosque attacks
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand - In a day without precedent, people across New Zealand were planning to observe the Muslim call to prayer Friday as the nation reflected on the moment one week ago when 50 p...
Mar 23, 2019
Vaccination efforts stepped up but COVID-19 still a threat
TORONTO - Health authorities stepped up COVID-19 vaccination efforts on Wednesday amid a stubbornly consistent spread of new infections and related deaths. As a result, the Public Health Agency of Can...
Mar 10, 2021
Health Canada eases restrictions on abortion pill Mifegymiso
TORONTO - Women who want to use the abortion pill Mifegymiso can now take it farther along in their pregnancy, Health Canada said Tuesday in announcing changes to how the medication is prescribed and ...
Nov 07, 2017
Watchdog calls for B.C. to boost oversight of old-growth forest on Quadra Island
VICTORIA - British Columbia's independent forest-practices watchdog says there's a risk that a coastal island won't have enough old-growth trees in the future due to inadequate monitoring of harvestin...
Sep 05, 2024
Canadian players prepare for emotional farewell to captain Christine Sinclair
VANCOUVER - Christine Sinclair's parting words in the huddle that followed her final Canada practice were "Go and get me a World Cup." Competitive right to the end. The World Cup is one priz...
Dec 05, 2023
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 06, 2020
A look at how provinces plan to emerge from COVID-19 shutdown
Provinces have been releasing plans for easing restrictions that were put in place to limit the spread of COVID-19. Here is what some of the provinces have announced so far: Newfoundland and Labrador ...
Jun 07, 2020
2 dead in attack targeting German synagogue on Yom Kippur
HALLE, Germany - A heavily armed assailant ranting about Jews tried to force his way into a synagogue in Germany on Yom Kippur, Judaism's holiest day, then shot two people to death nearby in an attack...
Oct 11, 2019
Shop for a Cause
The Battlefords Union Hospital Foundation is hosting the Home Based Business Party in the hospital lobby Friday, February 7 from 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.A portion of the sales will be donated to the ...
Feb 05, 2020
Court throws out conviction, orders new trial in sex assault case
TORONTO - An Ontario judge inappropriately relied on “rape literature” to assess evidence in the case of a man found guilty last year of sexually assaulting a woman with whom he had a casu...
Jul 20, 2017