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Dem, GOP Senate bargainers reach $10B COVID agreement
WASHINGTON (AP) - Senate bargainers have reached agreement on a slimmed-down $10 billion package for countering COVID-19, the top Democratic and Republican negotiators said Monday, but the measure dro...
Apr 04, 2022
Rabbis: 'Not kosher' to buy at grocery store during strike
BOSTON - As thousands of Stop & Shop workers remain on strike in New England, some Jewish families are preparing for Passover without the region's largest supermarket chain, which has deep roots i...
Apr 18, 2019
FDA takes steps to boost generic competition, limit prices
The Food and Drug Administration said it’s taking steps to boost the number of generic prescription drugs on the market in an effort to make medicines more affordable and to prevent price gougin...
Jun 27, 2017
Giovinco signs with Italy's Sampdoria, Toronto FC makes deal with Red Bulls
TORONTO - Italy's Sampdoria confirmed Wednesday that it has signed former Toronto FC forward Sebastian Giovinco to a short-term contract through June. In a somewhat related move, Toronto acquired US$5...
Feb 09, 2022
Defence lawyer 'optimistic' case of alleged breach of government site will end
HALIFAX - A lawyer who represents a young Halifax man alleged to have breached a Nova Scotia government freedom-of-information website says he’s optimistic police and prosecutors will accept the...
Apr 26, 2018
Smollett saga shook public trust, heightened racial tensions
In the two months since Jussie Smollett reported a late-night attack by assailants shouting racial and anti-gay slurs, the "Empire" actor and activist went from victim to defendant. Police a...
Mar 28, 2019
Winds wreak havoc on the area
Residents, businesses, and more in the region are cleaning up today following Tuesday's hurricane-like winds which wreaked havoc overnight. Winds reaching 100 km/h are being blamed for sporadic power ...
Oct 18, 2017
Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt, B.C.
Greg and Gerry Latham spent Friday morning scrambling to pack up family heirlooms as a series of sinkholes threatened to destroy their dream retirement home on British Columbia's Sunshine Coast. The L...
Feb 17, 2019
City urging residents to recycle Christmas trees
Residents are urged to recycle their Christmas trees for free this season with the city so they can be turned into chips for mulch. Trees can be dropped off at the North Battleford Parks Shop on Eight...
Jan 02, 2019
August Busch IV investigated in office park copter landing
ST. LOUIS - Former Anheuser-Busch CEO August Busch IV is under investigation after appearing “too intoxicated to take off” hours after a helicopter landed in an office park near St. Louis,...
Jul 12, 2017