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Judge temporarily blocks Trump administration from placing 2,200 USAID workers on paid leave
WASHINGTON (AP) - A federal judge on Friday temporarily blocked the Trump administration from placing 2,200 employees of the U.S. Agency for International Development on paid leave. U.S. District Judg...
Feb 7, 2025
Missing plane in Alaska had sudden drop in elevation and speed before signal lost, Coast Guard says
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - A single-engine plane flying over water in Alaska just south of the Arctic Circle with 10 people on board experienced a sudden loss in elevation and speed just before its signal ...
Feb 7, 2025
Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali's name instead of change it to Mount McKinley
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali rather than change...
Feb 7, 2025
Alaska Legislature asks Trump to retain Denali's name instead of change it to Mount McKinley
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) - The Alaska Legislature passed a resolution Friday urging President Donald Trump to reverse course and retain the name of North America's tallest peak as Denali rather than change...
Feb 7, 2025
B.C. women being treated for HIV have shorter life expectancy than men, study shows
VICTORIA - Antiretroviral treatment has increased the life expectancy of people living with HIV in British Columbia but a new study shows it is significantly lower for women than men. The BC Centre fo...
Feb 7, 2025
Packaged goods entrepreneurs network to 'rise up' and face U.S. protectionism
HALIFAX - Vancouver businesswoman Karen Danudjaja put out a casual social media call on Monday for a "roundtable" on how entrepreneurs could survive the potential hit of 25 per cent U.S. tariffs. Then...
Feb 7, 2025
Tory candidate won't apologize for joking that polar bears could deal with homeless
WINNIPEG - A candidate for leadership of the Manitoba Progressive Conservatives says he won't apologize for making a joke about tackling homelessness by letting polar bears roam free in Winnipeg. Wall...
Feb 7, 2025
New Island snow creating 'considerable' avalanche risk throughout backcountry
NANAIMO - A considerable dumping of snow across much of Vancouver Island over the last week has changed conditions in the backcountry considerably.The latest forecasts from Avalanche Canada have dange...
Feb 7, 2025
Toronto FC GM lifts the lid on the trade that sent Marshall-Rutty to Montreal
TORONTO - Six months after shipping talented wingback/winger Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty to rival CF Montreal, Toronto FC GM Jason Hernandez opened up on the why behind the trade, warts and all. "Institut...
Feb 7, 2025
Joly won't say whether 'abhorrent' Trump pitch to clear Gaza means ethnic cleansing
OTTAWA - Foreign Affairs Minister Mlanie Joly won't say whether she thinks U.S. President Donald Trump is proposing ethnic cleansing in the Gaza Strip - but she is calling his recent comments "abhorre...
Feb 7, 2025