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Defying lethal shootings, Myanmar protesters back on streets
YANGON, Myanmar - Police in Myanmar's biggest city on Monday fired tear gas at defiant crowds who returned to the streets to protest the military's seizure of power a month ago, despite reports that s...
Mar 01, 2021
SHA tweaks COVID vaccination appointment system
The Saskatchewan Health Authority has made a technical tweak to make it easier for people to book appointments to get a COVID-19 vaccine.On Thursday, the SHA said it had changed its Vaccine Patient Bo...
May 13, 2021
Trump plugs away at his central goal: undoing Obama's work
WASHINGTON - Amid the turmoil over staff shake-ups, blocked travel bans and the Russia cloud hanging overhead, President Donald Trump is steadily plugging away at a major piece of his agenda: Undoing ...
Apr 03, 2017
Property owners happy, digital users not so much as Manitoba tables budget
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's 2021-22 budget released Wednesday contains some property tax and provincial sales tax breaks, but transfers some of the sales tax to other areas. Here are some of the winners and...
Apr 07, 2021
Canadian municipalities looking to become 'spongier' to build climate resilience
MONTREAL - From green roofs in Toronto to Vancouver's rain city strategy, Canadian cities are looking to become "sponges" in order to help mitigate some of the effects of extreme rainfall ev...
Oct 08, 2023
Gunman kills officer, self; woman found dead after fight
CANONSBURG, Pa. - A gunman with a history of domestic abuse fatally shot a police officer and wounded another on Thursday before he and a woman were found dead following a fight at their apartment, au...
Nov 10, 2016
About a dozen Quebec nurses suspended for stealing fentanyl over last decade
MONTREAL - Fentanyl, the powerful opioid currently preoccupying public health authorities, isn’t just a problem on the streets. About a dozen Quebec nurses have been temporarily suspended over t...
Jan 29, 2017
Competition Bureau gets court order for investigation into Google's ad practices
GATINEAU, Que. - The Competition Bureau says it's obtained a court order in an ongoing investigation into Google's advertising practices in Canada. The order requires Google to produce records and wri...
Feb 29, 2024
'It's bad': Hundreds of water rescues as Imelda soaks Texas
BEAUMONT, Texas - The remnants of Tropical Depression Imelda unleashed torrential rain Thursday in parts of Texas and Louisiana, prompting hundreds of water rescues, a hospital evacuation and road clo...
Sep 19, 2019
'Our hearts were broken:' Family mourns son killed in workplace accident
CALGARY - The grieving father of a young man who died in a workplace accident in Alberta’s oilsands region interrupted a courtroom apology Friday from one of the owners of a company that pleaded...
Apr 28, 2017