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Louisiana House removes murder charge from abortion bill
NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Louisiana women who have abortions will not be subject to murder or other criminal charges after legislators revamped an abortion bill Thursday night. The controversial bill would h...
May 12, 2022
Number of people in hospital with COVID-19 increases in B.C.
VANCOUVER - British Columbia is seeing an increase in the number of hospitalizations of patients with COVID-19. Weekly numbers released by the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show 596 people in hospit...
May 12, 2022
Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon
VANCOUVER - British Columbia geoscientists are returning to the scene of a massive landslide on the Fraser River to map its effects and assess the risk of future slides on salmon. The landslide in Nov...
May 12, 2022
Results May 18: Balloting complete in membership review of Alberta Premier Kenney
EDMONTON, United Kingdom - Volunteers began checking voter identification Thursday in a mail-in leadership review of Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and, if so inclined, the public could watch a livestre...
May 12, 2022
Peterborough police investigating after protesters hurl insults at NDP's Singh
OTTAWA - Police are investigating after a video circulated on social media showed people hurling verbal abuse at NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh during a protest in Peterborough, Ont., this week. The federal...
May 12, 2022
'It's far too severe:' Qualicum Beach couple disputes $11,400 COVID border fines
NANAIMO - Dealing with a mounting health concern and facing a potentially extended stopover in Washington State, a pair of retirees elected to accept whopping fines and proceed home.Charles Lee, 70, s...
May 12, 2022
Former B.C. premier says Canada has taken a back seat to others in LNG market
VANCOUVER - Former British Columbia premier Christy Clark says Canada's natural gas industry is losing ground internationally because of government over-regulation, while Australia makes more gains in...
May 12, 2022
NASA releases satellite images of Manitoba flooding; province bracing for more rain
WINNIPEG - Severe flooding that has displaced thousands of people in southern Manitoba has reached levels that are quite literally out of this world. Satellite images of flooding in the Red River Vall...
May 12, 2022
Team Gushue lineup change puts Canadian curling residency rules back in spotlight
The long-simmering Canadian curling residency issue has been raised to the front burner once again after a quadrennial that saw Canada largely come up short at major international four-player team eve...
May 12, 2022
Veterans Bianca Farella, Phil Berna lead the way for Canada at Toulouse rugby sevens
Veterans Bianca Farella and Phil Berna lead the Canadian rugby sevens teams named for the HSBC Toulouse Sevens later this month in France. Farella is second all-time in World Rugby Sevens Series try-s...
May 12, 2022