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Flu cases continue to rise across Canada, public health agency data shows
TORONTO - Flu cases are continuing to rise across the country, public health data shows, with Quebec, B.C. and the territories particularly hard hit as vulnerable patients seek help at hospitals. The ...
Feb 14, 2025
Canadians Loopy Godinez, Diana Belbita set for UFC fights in Mexico City, Las Vegas
The UFC has confirmed upcoming fights for Canadians Loopy Godinez and Diana (Warrior Princess) Belbita. Godinez, ranked 11th among strawweight contenders, will take on American Julia (Psycho) Polastri...
Feb 14, 2025
B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Labour Relations Board says Starbucks wrongfully made "threats of adverse consequences" against an employee for her unionization activity, but found the company had a "legitimate ...
Feb 14, 2025
Charge laid after 90-year-old woman killed in Cedar hit-and-run
NANAIMO - A 26-year-old local man has been charged in relation to the death of a senior in Cedar last year.Justin Kenneth Nicholls was arrested and formally charged Wednesday, Feb. 12 with one count o...
Feb 14, 2025
US Vice President JD Vance's office says he met German far-right leader Alice Weidel
MUNICH (AP) - U.S. Vice President JD Vance's office says he met the leader of a German far-right party during a trip to Germany. In a speech before the Munich Security Conference he had lectured Europ...
Feb 14, 2025
Second federal judge pauses Trump’s order against gender-affirming care for youth
SEATTLE (AP) - A second federal judge on Friday paused President Donald Trump's executive order halting federal support for gender-affirming care for transgender youth under 19. U.S. District Court Ju...
Feb 14, 2025
B.C. forest minister projects U.S. tariffs, duties on softwood lumber could reach 55%
British Columbia's forests minister says Canadian softwood lumber exported to the United States could soon face additional tariffs and duties of up to 55 per cent. Ravi Parmar says the "Trump tariff a...
Feb 14, 2025
Rwanda-backed rebels advance into eastern Congo's 2nd major city of Bukavu, residents say
GOMA, Congo (AP) - Rwanda-backed rebels in eastern Congo on Friday entered the region's second-largest city of Bukavu, local and civil society leaders said, the latest ground gained since a major esca...
Feb 14, 2025
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...
Feb 14, 2025
Helicopter crew in collision with plane may not have heard key instruction from tower, NTSB says
WASHINGTON (AP) - The crew of the helicopter that collided midair with an American Airlines jet near Washington D.C.'s Ronald Reagan National Airport might not have heard instructions from the air tra...
Feb 14, 2025